- a fabric covering for a knight's helmet
- a drapery hanging from a shelf or covering the upper part of a window or doorway
Origin of lambrequin
French from Dutch an unverified form lamperkin from lamper, a veil + -ken, -kinlambrequin
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lambrequin
noun
- A short ornamental drapery for the top of a window or door or the edge of a shelf.
- A heavy protective cloth worn over a helmet in medieval times.
Origin of lambrequin
French probably from Dutch lamperkijn diminutive of Middle Dutch lamper veilTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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