An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms
flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes encircle with or as if with a wreath; "Her face was wreathed with blossoms
A wreath is an arrangement of flowers and leaves, usually in the shape of a circle, which you put on a grave or by a statue to show that you remember a person who has died or people who have died. The coffin lying before the altar was bare, except for a single wreath of white roses
{f} shape into a wreath, shape into a circular arrangement of flowers; festoon; adorn; decorate with a wreath; encircle, enfold; move in curling masses (of smoke); move in circles or spirals
If something is wreathed with flowers or leaves, it has a circle or chain of flowers or leaves put round it. Its huge columns were wreathed with laurel and magnolia