flambeau
Americannoun
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flambeaux,
plural
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flambeaus
plural
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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
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Etymology
Origin of flambeau
1625–35; < French: torch, derivative of Old French flambe flame
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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
At the same time, taking a flambeau in his hand, he hastily led the way on board his own ship, and set it on fire.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin
And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
After another rain the bare flambeau trees would burst into fiery bloom.
From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Joseph Hergesheimer
One light--the single flambeau which had escaped extinguishing--threw a ghastly glare on the surge of scowling ruffians.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
On Tuesday night, authorities lit flambeaus to keep wild animals away, an official involved in the operation told the Hindustan Times newspaper.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2022
High and low the serfs looked out, red the flambeaus tossed about,— Toll slowly.
From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various
High and low the serfs looked out, red the flambeaus tossed about— Toll slowly.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Hast thou not seen, sweeping so far and high, The meteors, midnight flambeaus of the sky, How after them they draw long trails of flame Wherever Nature gives a thoroughfare?
From On the Nature of Things by William Ellery Leonard
They came down here with torches and flambeaus and saw the darkness only, while the light came out to meet us, seeing we had none….
From Pélléas and Mélisande by Richard Hovey
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
Down the avenue beyond the great gate, the flambeaux clustered and faded and diminished, the band music had throbbed to silence and about them was only the silver, dew-silent night.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Hallie Erminie Rives
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
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