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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GARNISHMENT

n.Ornament; embellishment. 1. Warning; legal notice to the agent or attorney of an absconding debtor.
2. A fee.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GARNISHMENT

Gar "nish *ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. garnissement protection, guarantee, warning. ]

1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration. Sir H. Wotton.

2. (Law ) (a ) Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter. (b ) Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee.

3. A fee. See Garnish, n., 4.

New American Oxford Dictionary

garnishment

gar nish ment |ˈgärniSHmənt ˈɡɑrnɪʃmənt | ▶noun 1 a decoration or embellishment. 2 Law a court order directing that money or property of a third party (usually wages paid by an employer ) be seized to satisfy a debt owed by a debtor to a plaintiff creditor.

Oxford Dictionary

garnishment

gar nish ment |ˈgärniSHmənt ˈɡɑrnɪʃmənt | ▶noun 1 a decoration or embellishment. 2 Law a court order directing that money or property of a third party (usually wages paid by an employer ) be seized to satisfy a debt owed by a debtor to a plaintiff creditor.