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单词 lambrequin
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Definition of lambrequin in English:

lambrequin

noun ˈlambrɪkɪn
  • 1North American A short piece of decorative drapery hung over the top of a door or window or draped from a shelf or mantelpiece.

    〈北美〉(门、窗、橱或壁炉台等的)装饰用挂帘

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The base of the octagonal lantern is adorned with female heads, an inner rope-twist molding, and an outer lambrequin fringe.
    • Certainly the vocabulary of ornament - the lambrequin canopies at the top, scale pattern surface decoration, and elaborate plumed heads - are features common to Kent's designs for Houghton.
  • 2A cloth covering the back of a medieval knight's helmet, represented in heraldry as the mantling.

    (中世纪骑士的)头盔饰罩,覆巾

Origin

Early 18th century (in sense 2): from French, from the Dutch diminutive of lamper 'veil'.

Definition of lambrequin in US English:

lambrequin

noun
  • 1North American A short piece of decorative drapery hung over the top of a door or window or draped from a shelf or mantelpiece.

    〈北美〉(门、窗、橱或壁炉台等的)装饰用挂帘

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Certainly the vocabulary of ornament - the lambrequin canopies at the top, scale pattern surface decoration, and elaborate plumed heads - are features common to Kent's designs for Houghton.
    • The base of the octagonal lantern is adorned with female heads, an inner rope-twist molding, and an outer lambrequin fringe.
  • 2A piece of cloth covering the back of a medieval knight's helmet, represented in heraldry as the mantling.

    (中世纪骑士的)头盔饰罩,覆巾

Origin

Early 18th century (in lambrequin (sense 2)): from French, from the Dutch diminutive of lamper ‘veil’.

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