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garniture

garniture

9.9
A set of matching armor and weapons for display or ceremony
  • noun
  • /ˈɡɑrnɪtʃər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : conjunto de armadura
  • He proudly presented his family's historical garniture, which included ornate swords and shields.

Examples

  • It matters not what rank he has, what revenues or garnitures.

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  • The museum displayed an impressive garniture of ceremonial armor from the medieval period.

  • For the royal banquet, the table was adorned with a garniture of elaborate decorations and ceremonial items.

Antonyms

disarray
18 4.6

A state when things are untidy, especially hair or clothes

plainness
1 3.5

Being simple and without decoration

How Ornate

regalia
7 9.1
garniture
  • Archaic
9.9
armor
  • US
358 3.0

Surface Forms

garniture singular
garnitures plural

Morphology

garniture = garnish (opaque) = garnish + ure

The word is historically related to 'garnish', but this specialized sense of a matched ceremonial set of armor or weapons is not straightforwardly predictable from the base word.

Etymology

Garniture comes from the French verb garnir, which means 'to equip' or 'to dress', and it is related to the English word garnish. So a garniture for a knight is a matching set that 'equips' him, which is why the word means a coordinated set of armor or weapons.