galon
Syllables: ga·lon/ɡæˈlɔ̃ː/US/ɡæˈlɔn/
galon is the alternative form of galloon.
Meaning of galloon
Noun
galloon (countable and uncountable, plural galloons)
- A braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as draperies or cushions.
- And when the "Atlantis" had finally entered the port and all its many-decked mass leaned against the quay, and the gang-plank began to rattle heavily, — what a crowd of porters, with their assistants, in caps with golden galloons, what a crowd of various boys and husky ragamuffins with pads of...1918, Ivan Bunin, translated by Abraham Yarmolinsky, The Gentleman from San Francisco
Forms of galon
| plural | galons |
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Origin of galon
Unadapted borrowing from French galon.
Words that rhyme with galon
Questions about galon
- What is galon the alternative form of?
- Galon is the alternative form of galloon.
- How do you pronounce galon?
- Galon is pronounced /ɡæˈlɔ̃ː/ (UK).
Words near galon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: galon (page history and authors); galloon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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