lambrequin

American  

[lam-bri-kin, lam-ber-] / ˈlæm brɪ kɪn, ˈlæm bər- /

noun

1. a woven fabric covering for a helmet in medieval times to protect it from heat, rust, etc.

2. a curtain or drapery covering the upper part of an opening, as a door or window, or suspended from a shelf.

3. Heraldry. mantling.

4. a band of decoration near the top of the body of a vase.

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lambrequin British  

/ ˈlæmbrɪkɪn, ˈlæmbə- /

noun

1. an ornamental hanging covering the edge of a shelf or the upper part of a window or door

2. 1. a border pattern giving a draped effect, used on ceramics, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      a lambrequin pattern

3. (often plural) a scarf worn over a helmet

4. heraldry another name for mantling

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Etymology

Origin of lambrequin

1715–25; < French, Middle French < Middle Dutch *lamperken, equivalent to lamper fine translucent cloth + -ken -kin

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Example Sentences

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lambrequin

Above these is a mantel, covered with a lambrequin of dingy red crape paper.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

She spent some of her week's pay in the purchase of flowered cretonne for a lambrequin.

From Maggie, a Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

Regularly, like the rise and fall of a wave on the summer sea, it rose and fell, while my pale lambrequin of hair rose and fell fitfully with it.

From Remarks by Bill Nye

Patricia looked in vain for her grandiose plush-covered chairs, her immaculate "tidies," and the proud yellow lambrequin, embroidered in high relief with white gardenias, which had formerly adorned the mantelpiece.

From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by James Branch Cabell

He said that they were driven just far enough through to hang on the other side like a lambrequin.

From Cordwood by Bill Nye

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