lambrequin
/ˈlæmbɹəkɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet.
noun
A heraldic representation of such an item, often used as drapery around a coat of arms.
noun
A decorative architectural element placed along the eaves of a roof, the edges of an overhang, etc.
Example Sentences
- "'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."
- "A dead man (he had, I think, been suffocated with a lambrequin, there being those who practice that art) lay at the corner."
- "Lambrequins dependent from gaudy boxings of beaten tin, gilded."
- "[…]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; […]."
- "A suite in Paris, immense high grave rooms, with lambrequins and a balcony."
Etymology
Borrowed from French lambrequin, from Middle French lambequin, from Middle Dutch lepperkijn, lappekijn, from Old Dutch lappakīn (“little cloth”). Compare modern English lapkin.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: lambrequin, lambequin, lepperkijn, lappakīn
Usage
- American usage