wedding garland,
an 18th- and 19th-century custom in British warships of hoisting a garland of evergreens in the rigging of a warship when she entered harbour to indicate that she was out of discipline and women would be allowed on board. It was also hoisted on the day any member of the crew was married; if the captain, to the main ... ...
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