garland

A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.

Bestow a Garland only on a Bier

Both brides and grooms in native Hawaiian tradition wear flower garlands as a physical manifestation of their love for one another, and to some, the twining of the stems is reflective of two families now becoming one. A more tourist-friendly version established in the past couple of decades involves winding the leis around the couple’s hands to bind them together.

An accolade or mark of honour.

A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.

The crown of a monarch.

[She] ioyfully receyued and welcommed mee, as the onely type and garland of her noble ſtirpe and linage, […]

A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.

They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.

To deck or ornament something with a garland.

Anand disembarks like a statesman from the Volkswagen to be garlanded immediately by five different women.

To form something into a garland.

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.

U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders.

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:

A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:

A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: