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lambrekin

lambrekin is the alternative form of lambrequin.

Meaning of lambrequin

Noun

lambrequin (plural lambrequins)

  1. (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
  2. A heraldic representation of such an item, often used as drapery around a coat of arms.
    Synonyms:
    mantling
  3. (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
    Synonyms:
    valance
  4. A decorative architectural element placed along the eaves of a roof, the edges of an overhang, etc.
  5. A border pattern with draped effect.

Forms of lambrekin

plurallambrekins

Questions about lambrekin

What is lambrekin the alternative form of?
Lambrekin is the alternative form of lambrequin.

Words near lambrekin in the dictionary

  1. lamboy
  2. Lamboyan
  3. lamboys
  4. Lambrecht
  5. Lambrechts
  6. lambrekin
  7. lambrekins
  8. lambren
  9. lambrequin
  10. lambrequined
  11. lambrequins

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