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flambeaux

flambeaux is the plural of flambeau.

Meaning of flambeau

Noun

flambeau (plural flambeaus or flambeaux)

  1. A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.
    • Saint-Antoine has its cannon pointed (full of grapeshot); thrice applies the lit flambeau; which thrice refuses to catch,—the touchholes are so wetted....1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)

Questions about flambeaux

What is flambeaux the plural of?
Flambeaux is the plural of flambeau.

Words near flambeaux in the dictionary

  1. flamb
  2. flambant
  3. flambe
  4. flambeau
  5. flambeaus
  6. flambeaux
  7. flambed
  8. flambee
  9. flambeed
  10. flambeeing
  11. flambees

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