lambrequin

Alternative forms

• lambrekin

Noun

lambrequin (plural lambrequins)

1. A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing; a valance.
2. An ornamental hanging over upper part of window or along the edge of a shelf.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 12, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.

3. A border pattern with draped effect used in ceramics.
4. A covering for a helmet.
5. (heraldry) In heraldry, drapery attached to a helmet.

Noun

lambrequin m (plural lambrequins)

1. (heraldry) mantling

Further reading

• “lambrequin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).