festooning

English

Verb

festooning

  1. present participle and gerund of festoon

Noun

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[1], What is Festooning?:
      To construct chains and give the appearance of a festoon, bees engage in a process known as festooning.
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