flambeau
noun
a flaming torch.
flambeaux
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pluralof flambeau.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Like ghosts from the last century, they staged a torchlight parade, with oilcloth capes and kerosene flambeaux on long poles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The flambeaux around the edge were bright and red in the dark.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The morning was ushered in with the ringing of bells, and in the evening a procession took place, by the light of flambeaux, to the number of some thousands.
From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown
But the glare of the flambeaux fell on Roger’s tall form and revealed Mowbray by his side.
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
