Lambrequin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A short ornamental drapery for the top of a window or door or the edge of a shelf.
  • n. A heavy protective cloth worn over a helmet in medieval times.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing; a valance.
  • n. An ornamental hanging over upper part of window or along the edge of a shelf.
  • n. A border pattern with draped effect used in ceramics.
  • n. A covering for a helmet.
  • n. In heraldry, drapery attached to a helmet.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.
  • n. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.
  • n. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A piece of textile fabric, leather, or the like, hanging by one of its edges, and typically having the opposite edge dagged, slitted, scalloped, or otherwise cut in an ornamental manner: used in several ways.
  • n. In decorative art, painting on a surface more or less imitating or resembling a lambrequin, as in some Chinese vases, in which the upper part of the body is covered by solid decoration having a lower edge of jagged or ornamented outline.
  • n. In heraldry, the mantelet, represented as floating from the helmet, and often forming an important part of the ornamental decoration of the achievement.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing
  • n. a scarf that covers a knight's helmet
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hanging    wall hanging    scarf   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cornice    curtain    mantling   
     
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