† honourmentn.
Obsolete.
The action of decorating or embellishing something; adornment, ornamentation. Also: an instance of this; a decoration or adornment. Cf. anourement n., honour v. 3b.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration
atiffement1330
agraithing1340
apparela1375
anornamenta1382
adubmentc1400
dubmentc1400
anourement?1403
honourment1442
honestnessa1450
quaintisingc1450
ornaturea1475
adorning1495
furnish1500
accomplement?c1525
decking1531
habilimenta1533
parelc1540
exornation1548
garnishment1550
attirement1566
beautifyings1574
pranking1580
trinklement1582
decoration1584
decorement1587
trapping1596
trim1598
garnish1615
vinetry1622
polition1623
trickmenta1625
deckage1642
decor1656
garniture1685
buskrya1687
ornamentation1706
broidery1782
dizenment1864
necking1946
fanciness1961
1442 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 131 (MED) I wille that the kirkerevys..haue xiij s. iiij d. for to spend on the onourmentz of the same kirke.
1486 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 55 The stretes..furnishede wt clothis of the best..for the honourment of the same.
1521 in Archæologia (1792) 10 98 [The wife of Christopher Sunlay] gave to the honourement of the ferture of 1 crucifix of silver and gylt.
1618 ( Inventory in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 184 With all the honourments for the sepulchre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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