lambrekin

lambrekin (plural lambrekins)

1. Alternative form of lambrequin.
   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     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.

Borrowed from French lambrequin.

• IPA^(key): /lamˈbrɛ.kin/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkin
• Syllabification: lam‧bre‧kin

lambrekin m inan

1. lambrequin (short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing)
2. lambrequin (scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet)
3. (heraldry) lambrequin (heraldic representation of such an item, typically with one end pendant)

• lambrekin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lambrekin in Polish dictionaries at PWN