garniture

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English garnetture, from Anglo-Norman garniture, gerneiture, from Old French garneture (“accessory for a saddle”), from Old French garnir, guarnir, from Frankish *warnijan (“to prevent, deny”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑrnɪtʃər/ === Noun === garniture (plural garnitures) Something that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment A matching array of plate armour and its accessories ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French garniture, from Old French garneture, garnesture, from Old French garnir. Compare Anglo-Norman warnesture, warniture, whence Middle English warnestore, warnestoure. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.ni.tyʁ/ === Noun === garniture f (plural garnitures) garniture (music, lutherie, bowmaking) lapping, winding === Further reading === “garniture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012