oriflamb

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹɪflæm/

Noun

oriflamb (plural oriflambs)

Archaic spelling of oriflamme.
- 1872, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[Tales of a Wayside Inn. The Second Day.] The Student’s Second Tale. The Baron of St. Castine.”, in Three Books of Song, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC, book first, page 93:
  And the Curate […] draws from the pocket of his gown / A handkerchief like an oriflamb, / And wipes his spectacles, […]

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