Garland /(?)/

1. The crown of a king. [Obs.]
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.
3. The top; the thing most prized.
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.

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

imp. & p. p. Garlanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Garlanding

1. To deck with a garland.