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

The seat pads and lambrequin over window are of deep red velvet.

From The Art of Interior Decoration by Grace Wood

The knight's head appears to have rested on a helmet with lambrequin, and an animal was at his feet.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by William Henry Hamilton Rogers

There were four other men with him, one of whom I recognized as Grist, a squat young man with slippery-looking black hair and a lambrequin mustache.

From Beasley's Christmas Party by Booth Tarkington

A trooper caught his huge cavalry spurs in the meshes of a lace curtain in one of the parlors and brought down cornice, lambrequin, and all with a crash.

From The Storm Centre by Mary Noailles Murfree

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