harambel

• IPA^(key): /aɾamˈbel/ [a.ɾãmˈbel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: ha‧ram‧bel

harambel m (plural harambeles)

1. (uncommon) alternative form of arambel
   • 1849, Guzmán de Alfarache, edited by Mateo Alemán, Vida y hechos del pícaro Guzmán de Alfarache: Atalaya de la vida humana, Gaspar y Roig, Parte I. Libro III. Cap. I, pages 190-191:

     […] atravesamos á un corredor, y entramos en un aposento que estaba al cabo dél: tenianlo bien aderezado, con unas colgaduras de paños pintados de matices, á manera de harambeles, salvo que parecian mejor: á una pared habia una cama, y junto á la cabecera un taburete; y como si tuviera que desnudarme, acometió el criado á quererlo hacer.

     […] we crossed to a hallway, and went into a room at the back: it was well-adorned, with painted-patches hangings, in the fashion of patchwork hangings, except they looked better: there was a bed near a wall and a taboret close to the headboard; and as though I had to undress, the servant committed himself to doing it.

   • 1892, Leopoldo de Eguílaz y Yanguas, chapter XXV, in El hadits de la Princesa Zoraida, del Emir Abulhasan y del Caballero Aceja:  […], Granada: Vda. é Hijos de P. V. Sabatel, page 249:

     […] como lo declaraba su marlota hecha un harambel de las fieras embestidas del animal.

     […] as was declared by the Moorish robe made of patchwork hangings with the attacked beasts.

   • 1987 September, Peter Hillsman Taylor, translated by David Palmer, Una Mujer de Recursos, page 16:

     Entonces, la idea de que no era más que una sala de billar, independientemente de cuán elaborada fuese la decoración a base de harambeles rojos y divanes de felpa verde, reforzó mi primera impresión.

     Therefore, the idea that it was just a billiard room, regardless of how elaborate was the decoration made up of red patchwork hangings and green plush divans, strengthened my first impression.