oriflamb

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹɪflæm/

Noun

oriflamb (plural oriflambs)

1. 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, […]