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

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

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

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 Crane, Stephen

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 Rogers, William Henry Hamilton

In pillows which break the long back line of a couch, in cornice moldings, lambrequin bottoms, chair backs, screens, etc., they lend life.

From How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration by Lansdown, Lillian B.

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 Murfree, Mary Noailles