Lambrequin

Quick meaning: Lambrequin is a noun meaning (heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an item, often used as drapery around a coat of arms.

Meaning

(heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an item, often used as drapery around a coat of arms.

More Meanings

1. (US) A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing.
2. (architecture) A decorative architectural element placed along the eaves of a roof, the edges of an overhang, etc.
3. (ceramics) A border pattern with draped effect.
4. (historical) A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet.

Example Sentences

Lambrequins dependent from gaudy boxings of beaten tin, gilded.

A suite in Paris, immense high grave rooms, with lambrequins and a balcony.

A dead man (he had, I think, been suffocated with a lambrequin, there being those who practice that art) lay at the corner.

[…]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; […].

Word Forms

• lambrequins
• lambrekin

Synonyms for lambrequin

Depending on context, synonyms include mantling, valance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lambrekin, scarf, kerchief, haik, necker, halfhelm.

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