flower-de-luce
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flower-de-luce
1630–40; Anglicization of French fleur de lis
Example Sentences
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In the instant of meeting, with almost the blindness of instinct, he dropped the point of his spear against the single red flower-de-luce in the middle of the on-coming shield.
From Men of Iron by Pyle, Howard
Idly thou pausest in the shady walk, Thine ear attentive to the fountain's fall: Thou mark'st the flower-de-luce sway on her stalk, The speckled vergalieus ripening on the wall.
From The Two Twilights by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
Henry V. Apple, balm, docks, elder, fig, flower-de-luce, grass, hemp, leek, nettle, fumitory, kecksies, burs, cowslips, burnet, clover, darnel, strawberry, thistles, vine, violet, hemlock. 1st Henry VI.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson
The blackberry bushes were white with bloom and the gardens of the farm-houses gay with peonies and flower-de-luce.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 by Various
Both are related to the flower-de-luce, the stately lily of France.
From Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) by Froehlich, Hugo B.
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