[lam-bri-kin, lam-ber-] 
| 1. | a woven fabric covering for a helmet in medieval times to protect it from heat, rust, etc. |
| 2. | a curtain or drapery covering the upper part of an opening, as a door or window, or suspended from a shelf. |
| 3. | Heraldry. mantling. |
| 4. | a band of decoration near the top of the body of a vase. |
[mant-ling] | a decorative piece of cloth represented as hanging from a torse so as to cover the sides and rear of a helmet and often so as to frame the escutcheon below. |
| lam·bre·quin (lām'bər-kĭn, -brə-kĭn) n.
[French, probably from Dutch *lamperkijn, diminutive of Middle Dutch lamper, veil.] |
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