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  

/ ˈlæmbə-, ˈlæmbrɪkɪn /

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

Example Sentences

As Paul Lambrequin was clambering up the stairs of his rooming house, he met a man whose face was all wrong.

From My Fair Planet by Smith, Evelyn E.

I am more Paul Lambrequin than you ever were.

From My Fair Planet by Smith, Evelyn E.

I want you to go on as Paul Lambrequin playing Eric Everard.

From My Fair Planet by Smith, Evelyn E.

Lambrequin, lam′bre-kin, n. a strip of cloth, leather, &c., hanging from a window, doorway, or mantelpiece, as a drapery: an ornamental covering, as of cloth, attached to a helmet.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Ivo Darcy gradually coalesced into the semblance of Paul Lambrequin.

From My Fair Planet by Smith, Evelyn E.