Garland

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The crown of a king. [Obs.] Graffon.

2. A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. Pope.

3. The top; the thing most prized. Shak.

4. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology. They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands. Percy.

5. A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.

6. A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To deck with a garland. B. Jonson.