lambrequin

[ lam-bri-kin, lam-ber- ]

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.

lambrequin

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lambrequin¹

1715–25; < French, Middle French < Middle Dutch *lamperken, equivalent to lamper fine translucent cloth + -ken -kin

Word History and Origins

Origin of lambrequin¹

C18: from French, from Dutch lamperkin (unattested), diminutive of lamper veil

Example Sentences

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

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From the lowest part hung leathern straps, or lambrequins highly wrought and embellished.

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There was no carpet, the curtains were of chintz and the lambrequins evidently home made.

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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.

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His trunk and shoulders were invested in a coat of armour, either of scales of copper or of leather, richly gilt, bordered at the bottom with lambrequins of green and red feathers.

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