1. To fortify; defend.To adorn; decorate with ornaments or appendages; set off.To fit with fetters.To furnish; supply; garrison.In cookery, to ornament, as a dish, with something laid round it.In law, to warn; give notice.n. Ornament; something added for embellishment; decoration; dress; array.n. In cookery, something placed round or added to a principal dish at table, either for embellishment merely or for use as a relish.n. A set of dishes, plates, and the like, for table use.n. Fetters.n. A fee, as to a servant; specifically, money formerly paid by a prisoner on his going to prison as a fee to fellow-prisoners: now illegal.