英和和英

名詞

festooning (plural festoonings)

1. Material with which something is festooned.
   • 1890, Chauncey Depew, Titled Americans:

     The second tier of boxes, still with the red festoonings and the luxuriance of creeping vines, had, as its chief adornment, holly, laurel, and cypress trees of irregular height […]

2. The act of honeybees to join together in a chain.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Willie Oosthuizen, Smiley Honey‎, What is Festooning?:

     To construct chains and give the appearance of a festoon, bees engage in a process known as festooning.