GALLOON

Definitions: GALLOON

GALLOON

Noun

1. A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace.

2. A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "GALLOON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Industry	Lace having both edges scalloped. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Galloon (See Caddice.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Ornament	Embroidery; brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: GALLOON

English words defined with "GALLOON": Gallooned. (references)

Non-English Usage: "GALLOON" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (gallon, gimp).

Language		Translations for "GALLOON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gajtan (bar, braid, cord, lace, lacing, piping, purl, stay-lace, tape). (various references)

Bulgarian		ширит (edging, gimp, lace, piping, string, tape), галон (lace). (various references)

Czech		tkaloun (tape). (various references)

Danish		galoner, galon (trouser braid). (various references)

Dutch		gallon (gold braid, stripe). (various references)

Esperanto		galjono (gold braid, stripe). (various references)

French		galonner, galonné, galon. (various references)

German		Galon (trouser braid). (various references)

Greek		σειρίτι (braid), οδοντωτή δαντέλλα. (various references)

Italian		gallone (binding, chevron, gallon, imperial gallon, stripe). (various references)

Pig Latin		alloongay.(various references)

Portuguese		galão (bounce, braid, cordon, edging, gallon, gimp, gold braid, imperial gallon, lacing, orris, stripe). (various references)

Romanian		galon (chevron, gallon, stripe), ceapraz (gimp). (various references)

Russian		галун (galoon). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		gajtan (braid, cord, lace, soutache), širit (gimp, lace, lacing, trimming). (various references)

Spanish		galón (bar, binding, braid, chevron, gal, gallon, gold braid, imperial gallon, lace, riband, ribbon, stripe, trouser braid), de galón (gallon), blonda con ambos bordes festoneados. (various references)

Swedish		träns (braid, cord, snaffle), galon (frog, gold braid, lace, lacing, pvc-coated fabric, stripe). (various references)

Turkish		sırmalı şerit. (various references)

Ukranian		галун (alum, purl). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "GALLOON": galloons. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"GALLOON" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gaillon, Gallano, Gallino, Gallion, galloen, gallot, Galon, galoof, Galron, galton, garlon, gellon, Gillson, gloon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "GALLOON" (pronounced guluw"n)
4	-u l uw" n	balloon, saloon.
3	-l uw" n	loon.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-l-l-n-o-o"
	-1 letter: gallon, lagoon.
	-2 letters: along, llano, logan.
	-3 letters: agon, gall, gaol, goal, goon, lang, loan, logo, long, loon, nolo, olla.
	-4 letters: ago, all, gal, gan, goa, goo, lag, log, loo, nag, nog, noo.
	-5 letters: ag, al, an, go, la, lo, na, no, on.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-l-l-n-o-o"
	+1 letter: galloons, lagoonal.
	+2 letters: hallooing, holloaing, lognormal, polygonal.
	+3 letters: angelology, ballooning, balneology, enological, nonlogical, palynology.
	+4 letters: analogously, balloonings, ballyhooing, collagenous, colligation, collocating, laryngology, lognormally, monolingual, nomological, nosological, octagonally, oncological, ontological, palynologic, penological, planetology, polygonally, sinological, volcanology, vulcanology.
	+5 letters: angelologies, angelologist, anthological, balneologies, clangorously, colligations, ethnological, iconological, languorously, limnological, lognormality, monolinguals, necrological, neurological, oleaginously, orthogonally, paleontology, palynologies, palynologist, phenological, phonological, unecological, volcanologic.
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