Etymology

galloon

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Today it means: A braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as draperies or cushions. Full definition →

French galon
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  1. French · derived fromgalon
  2. English todaygalloon

From French galon, from galonner (“to braid”).

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