lambrekin
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English
Noun
lambrekin (plural lambrekins)
- 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.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French lambrequin.
Pronunciation
Noun
lambrekin m inan
- lambrequin (short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing)
- lambrequin (scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet)
- (heraldry) lambrequin (heraldic representation of such an item, typically with one end pendant)
Declension
Declension of lambrekin
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lambrekin | lambrekiny |
| genitive | lambrekina/lambrekinu | lambrekinów |
| dative | lambrekinowi | lambrekinom |
| accusative | lambrekin | lambrekiny |
| instrumental | lambrekinem | lambrekinami |
| locative | lambrekinie | lambrekinach |
| vocative | lambrekinie | lambrekiny |
Derived terms
adjective