lambrequin
noun/ˈlæmbɹəkɪn/
Etymology Borrowed from French lambrequin, from Middle French lambequin, from Middle Dutch lepperkijn, lappekijn, from Old Dutch lappakīn (“little cloth”). Compare modern English lapkin.
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Historical A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet.
- 'Twere as easy to woo the snow-dame that we shaped last winter in our castle yard. I did but ask her yesternight for her green veil, that I might bear it as a token or lambrequin upon my helm.1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:
- A dead man (he had, I think, been suffocated with a lambrequin, there being those who practice that art) lay at the corner.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVI, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 146:
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics A heraldic representation of such an item, often used as drapery around a coat of arms.
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US A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing.
- Lambrequins dependent from gaudy boxings of beaten tin, gilded.1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC:
- […]the mirror over the mantel rested on a fringed mantel-cover of green reps, and heavy curtains of that stuff hung from gilt lambrequin frames at the window; […].1885, William Dean Howells, chapter XVI, in The Rise of Silas Lapham:
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- A suite in Paris, immense high grave rooms, with lambrequins and a balcony.1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC:
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Architecture A decorative architectural element placed along the eaves of a roof, the edges of an overhang, etc.
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Ceramics, Chemistry, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A border pattern with draped effect.
- Derived terms
- lambrequined