lambrequin

UK: /ˈlæmbrɪkɪn/ US: (lam′bri kin, lam′bər-)

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lam•bre•quin  (lam′bri kin, lam′bər-), n. 

1. Clothing, Heraldry a woven fabric covering for a helmet in medieval times to protect it from heat, rust, etc.
2. Furniture a curtain or drapery covering the upper part of an opening, as a door or window, or suspended from a shelf.
3. Heraldry mantling.
4. a band of decoration near the top of the body of a vase.

• Middle Dutch *lamperken, equivalent. to lamper fine translucent cloth + -ken -kin
• French, Middle French
• 1715–25

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lambrequin / ˈlæmbrɪkɪn ˈlæmbə-/ noun

1. an ornamental hanging covering the edge of a shelf or the upper part of a window or door
2. (often plural) a scarf worn over a helmet

Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Dutch lamperkin (unattested), diminutive of lamper veil