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girandole|ˈdʒɪrəndəʊl|
Also 7 gironell, girondel, 8 girandel.
[a. F. girandole, a. It. girandola: see prec.]
1. A species of firework; = girandola 1.
1634J. Bate Myst. Nat. 77 How to make Gironells, or fire wheeles. 1749Phil. Trans. XLVI. 132 The greatest height of any of those fired in the grand Girandole was about 615 yards. 1868Morning Star 29 June, The whole wound up with a girandole of two thousand rockets.
transf.1766Sir W. Hamilton in Phil. Trans. LVII. 195 The mouth of the volcano threw up every minute a girandole of red hot stones, to an immense height.
2. A revolving fountain-jet; = girandola 2.
1813J. Forsyth Rem. Antiq. Italy 273 Rock-work and girandoles of water.
3. A branched support for candles or other lights, either in the form of a candlestick for placing on a table, etc., or more commonly as a bracket projecting from a wall.
1769Public Advertiser 10 June 3/3 Sconce Glasses and Girandoles. 1804Sporting Mag. XXIII. 281 A bill of sale of the sofas, pier glasses and girandoles. 1844Disraeli Coningsby i. iii, It led into a vestibule..hung with Venetian girandoles. 1880M. E. Braddon Just as I am xi, The walls white and gold, with large oval mirrors at intervals, and old crystal girandoles.
4. An ear-ring or pendant, esp. one which has a large central stone surrounded by smaller ones.
1825Lady Granville Lett. (1894) I. 347 She had my..second-best earrings, the girandoles, and second-best neck⁓lace. 1852Mrs. Smythies Bride Elect xiii, When the tiara was on her head, the girandoles in her ears [etc.].
5. attrib., as girandole-chest, girandole-ornament.
1799G. Smith Laboratory I. 17 The girandel chest is made of wood, of what size you think proper, according to the number of rockets you design to fire at once. 1828Ladies Pocket Mag. I. 143 The neck-lace is formed of two rows of gold beads..with a girandole ornament of turquoise stones. |