festoonery

[ fe-stoo-nuh-ree ]

noun
  1. a decoration of festoons.

  2. festoons collectively.

Origin of festoonery

1
First recorded in 1830–40; festoon + -ery

Words Nearby festoonery

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How to use festoonery in a sentence

  • The grey gauze-like festoonery, having a resemblance to ascending smoke, hinders him from perceiving that of the discharged gun.

    The Death Shot | Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for festoonery

festoonery

/ (fɛˈstuːnərɪ) /


noun
  1. an arrangement of festoons

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