garniture

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This anecdote strikes me as a great example of early bar myth-building — the pre-Prohibition equivalent of drinks that change color or have an elaborate scaffolding of garniture on top.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2019

His "garniture" set of armour, worn for war and jousting, featured a lock on the glove, gripping the sword and preventing the combatant dropping his weapon.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2010

Even to French Socialists the stomach and its garniture are matters to be approached with reverence.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Fricassée à la chevalière or Parisienne.—While the chicken is cooking as directed for fricassée, prepare a garniture of chicken-combs, and, when the chicken is dished, place the garniture all around it, and serve warm.

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre

The most appropriate spots in which first to watch the footsteps of Summer are amid “the pomp of Groves, and garniture of Fields.”

From Mirror of the Months by Patmore, Peter George