girandole

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A type of firework which creates a "whirling top" or "flying saucer" effect
An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind

As I sat in my usual nook, and looked at him with the light of the girandoles on the mantelpiece beaming full over him.

syn Flying saucer
{i} wall-mounted excessively decorated candle holder (sometimes backed by a mirror); candlestick; earring or pendant that is made of a central piece surrounded by smaller gemstones; radiating rotating firework; revolving water jet
A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form
A series of chambers in defensive mines
A girandole is a kind of earring or brooch in which three pearls, stones or pendants hang from a large stone The central drop is usually larger than the other pendants
> A type of bracket mirror with a circular, convex glass between scrolled, branched candlesticks
> A style of ear pendant popular during the 17th and 18th centuries, in which three gem-set pendants are suspended from a central gem
An ornamental branched candlestick
A kind of revolving firework
an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror
girandole

    Hyphenation

    gir·an·dole

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    Etymology

    () From French girandole, from Italian girandola, from girare ‘to turn, gyrate’.
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