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O.Henry describes a landlady pointing out the lambrequins
in a room, to a potential renter.
lambrequin ['læmbrýkýn, 'læmbə-]
noun
1 an ornamental hanging covering the edge of a shelf or the upper part of a window or door
2 a a border pattern giving a draped effect, used on ceramics, etc.
b (as modifier)
example: a lambrequin pattern
3 [often pl] a scarf worn over a helmet
4 (Heraldry)
another name for: mantling
[ETYMOLOGY: 18th Century: from French, from Dutch lamperkin (unattested), diminutive of lamper veil]
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another name for: mantling
formerly known as etaoin...
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Dear etaoin: I have a ludicrous visual image of you as a
shepherd, bringing a lamb to the fold draped over your
shoulders, legs in your left hand, a mantle to keep you warm.
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> legs in your left hand
Now if that was Capfka... :)
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Oh, Bill, what a great term! I've seen many times this draped effect on ceramics--quite popular among those artists--and have seen, too, the scarf draped on helmets, but certainly never heard this very specific term. Thank you very much for digging it up for us! I will certainly commit 'lambrequin' to memory. Must think up a mnemonic first!
Well...brequin could sound like 'breakin''--and you wouldn't want to break that expensive ceramic work of art of your grandmother's [but not to my taste]. But the 'lam' part? Hmmmm.... Lam...lamb...limb...land... Can't figure out anything now except wanting that ceramic to land on a lamb without breaking. Lambrequin. Lamb breaking the ceramic fall. That might work.
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