flambeau
Americannoun
plural
flambeaux, flambeaus-
a flaming torch.
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a torch for use at night in illuminations, processions, etc.
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a large, decorated candlestick.
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an ornament having the form of a flaming torch.
noun
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a burning torch, as used in night processions
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a large ornamental candlestick
Etymology
Origin of flambeau
1625–35; < French: torch, derivative of Old French flambe flame
Vocabulary lists containing flambeau
Example Sentences
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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021
At the same time, taking a flambeau in his hand, he hastily led the way on board his own ship, and set it on fire.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles
And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
The flambeau trees in the Parque Isabel were like conflagrations.
From The Bright Shawl by Hergesheimer, Joseph
Its monuments and statues, where they were complacently innocent of art, had been brought into harmony of tone by the atmosphere vivid like the flambeau trees, the inconceivable blueness of its sea.
From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph
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