flambeau
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈflambəʊ/, /flamˈbəʊ/
flambeau (plural flambeaus)
- A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- Saint-Antoine has its cannon pointed (full of grapeshot); thrice applies the lit flambeau; which thrice refuses to catch,—the touchholes are so wetted....
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 955:
- She walked quietly with apparent composure and lowered head but her pallor betrayed her mortal fear – her skin glowed almost nacrous in the warm rose of the flambeaux.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- French: flambeau
- Russian: фа́кел
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