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

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 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

I looked back with affectionate contempt to the art I had known in my youth, to the Rogers group, Lady Washington's ball, Lincoln and his cabinet, the lambrequin and the worsted motto.

From David Malcolm by Nelson Lloyd

She sat in her dressing-gown embroidering peonies on a lambrequin and aired her grievances.

From The Readjustment by Will Irwin

In one of the upper rooms can be seen a mantel with a lambrequin on it and a clock stopped at twenty minutes after five.

From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by James Herbert Walker