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lambrequin
Dec. 2nd, 2024 07:38 amThis week sort of has a theme: words I noticed while rereading The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery. I may have previously run a few of these, possibly even from past readings.
lambrequin (LAM-bri-kin, LAM-ber-kin) - n., (N.Am.) a short ornamental drapery for the top of a window or door or the edge of a shelf.
Also, any border pattern with a draped effect, using in ceramics and architecture, and originally, a heavy scarf worn over a medieval helmet. Taken around 1720 from French, ultimately from Middle Dutch *lamperken/lamperkijn, diminutive of lamper, veil.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
lambrequin (LAM-bri-kin, LAM-ber-kin) - n., (N.Am.) a short ornamental drapery for the top of a window or door or the edge of a shelf.
Also, any border pattern with a draped effect, using in ceramics and architecture, and originally, a heavy scarf worn over a medieval helmet. Taken around 1720 from French, ultimately from Middle Dutch *lamperken/lamperkijn, diminutive of lamper, veil.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
