Flambeau : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Flambeau	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Flambeau
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flambeau n a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flambeau \Flam"beau\; n.; pl. {Flambeaux}or {Flambeaus}. [F., fr. OF. flambe flame, for flamble, from L. flammula a little flame, dim. of flamma flame. See {Flame}.] A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.