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Flambeau

//ˈflambəʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.

    "Saint-Antoine has its cannon pointed (full of grapeshot); thrice applies the lit flambeau; which thrice refuses to catch,—the touchholes are so wetted...."

  2. 2
    a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night) wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French flambeau.

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