flambeau

[flam-boh]

noun

plural

flambeaux, flambeaus 

1. a flaming torch.

2. a torch for use at night in illuminations, processions, etc.

3. a large, decorated candlestick.

4. an ornament having the form of a flaming torch.

flambeau

/ ˈflæmbəʊ /

noun

1. a burning torch, as used in night processions

2. a large ornamental candlestick

Word History and Origins

Origin of flambeau¹

1625–35; < French: torch, derivative of Old French flambe flame

Word History and Origins

Origin of flambeau¹

C17: from Old French: torch, literally: a little flame, from flambe _flame

Example Sentences

On Tuesday night, authorities lit flambeaus to keep wild animals away, an official involved in the operation told the Hindustan Times newspaper.

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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.

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Often, when the Queen was entertaining distinguished company under the flambeaux of the Great Hall, Lancelot had found him sitting by himself in a small room, mending stockings.

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High and low the serfs looked out, red the flambeaus tossed about,— Toll slowly.

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It was a striking scene in the otherwise perfect darkness of the streets, the torch-bearers at the sides waving their flambeaux regularly over their heads, and shouting with the rest in chorus.

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Related Words

• beacon 
• lamp 
• lantern