LAMBREQUIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lambrequin mean? 

• LAMBREQUIN (noun)
  The noun LAMBREQUIN has 2 senses:

1. a scarf that covers a knight's helmet

2. short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing

  Familiarity information: LAMBREQUIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMBREQUIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A scarf that covers a knight's helmet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lambrequin" is a kind of...):

scarf (a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lambrequin" is a kind of...):

hanging; wall hanging (decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window)

 Context examples 

'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; but she flashed out at me that she kept it for a better man, and then all in a breath asked pardon for that she had spoke so rudely. Yet she would not take back the words either, nor would she grant the veil. Has it seemed to thee, Alleyne, that she loves any one?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)