different between drainpipe vs garland

English

Alternative forms

• drain pipe

Etymology

drain +? pipe

Pronunciation

Noun

drainpipe (countable and uncountable, plural drainpipes)

1. A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.
   1. A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout.
   2. A conduit for carrying rainwater or flood water.
   3. A pipe that carries wastewater from a bathtub, shower, sink, etc.
   4. A pipe that is part of a device or appliance for carrying away waste fluid.
2. (uncountable) The type of pipe that is used to construct a drainpipe.
3. A type of form-fitting trousers with highly tapered legs.

Synonyms

• (vertical pipe from roof gutter): downspout, downpipe, leader
• (conduit for rain or flood water): culvert, storm drain
• (pipe from bathtub, sink, etc.): waste pipe
• (type of trousers): stovepipe, skinny jeans

Derived terms

• drainpipe trousers
• like a rat up a drainpipe

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English garland, garlaunde, gerland, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierl?n, *wieral?n, a frequentative form of Frankish *wier?n (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at wire.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????l?nd/

Noun

garland (plural garlands)

1. A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.

   • Bestow a Garland only on a Bier

2. An accolade or mark of honour.
3. (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
4. The crown of a monarch.
   • 1569, Richard Grafton, A Chronicle at Large

     [she] joyfully receyued and welcommed mee, as the onely type and garland of her noble stirpe and linage

5. (dated) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
   • 1765, Thomas Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

     They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.

6. The top; the thing most prized.
7. (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
8. (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.

Translations

See also

• chaplet

Verb

garland (third-person singular simple present garlands, present participle garlanding, simple past and past participle garlanded)

1. (transitive) To deck or ornament something with a garland
2. (transitive) To form something into a garland

Anagrams

• Ragland