FLAMBEAU (flambeaux)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: flambeaux   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does flambeau mean? 

• FLAMBEAU (noun)
  The noun FLAMBEAU has 1 sense:

1. a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)

  Familiarity information: FLAMBEAU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAMBEAU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("flambeau" is a kind of...):

torch (a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance)

 Context examples 

The building was long and low, standing back a little from the road, with two flambeaux blazing on either side of the door as a welcome to the traveller.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By the light of two flambeaux, protruded through the narrow slit-shaped openings at either side of the ponderous gate, they caught a glimpse of the glitter of fierce eyes and of the gleam of the weapons of the guard.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But while the armorer is thrusting in his devil's-dust, and dropping his ball, and lighting his flambeau, I can very easily loose six shafts, or eight maybe, so he hath no great vantage after all.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)