flambeau
Americannoun
plural
flambeaux, flambeaus-
a flaming torch.
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a torch for use at night in illuminations, processions, etc.
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a large, decorated candlestick.
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an ornament having the form of a flaming torch.
noun
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a burning torch, as used in night processions
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a large ornamental candlestick
Etymology
Origin of flambeau
1625–35; < French: torch, derivative of Old French flambe flame
Vocabulary lists containing flambeau
Example Sentences
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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021
En faisant briller un c�t� du flambeau, celui qui d�senchante l'homme de lui-m�me, il �clipse l'autre, celui qui montre � l'homme dans le ciel sa force, son appui, et l'espoir d'une r�g�n�ration.
From Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
The worst of it is, by the light of this great modern flambeau which they had been unable to extinguish, they saw their own deformity.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules
S'il est encor là-bas des caves de mystère Où tout flambeau s'éteint ou recule effaré, Plutôt que d'en peupler les coins par des chimères Nous préférons ne point savoir que nous leurrer.
From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan
And when another day had gone, and night came again, a silent funeral passed, by the light of a flambeau, to the chapel of the Ursulines for the lonely obsequies.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
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