lambrequin
/ˈlæmbrɪkɪn/noun
1
- N. Amer. 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。
2
- a 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。
词源
early 18th cent. (in sense 2): from French, from the Dutch diminutive of lamper 'veil'.