flambeau

He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2021

He then spoke to the youngest, who immediately got a flambeau, and prepared to go, having first asked the elder wife to accompany her.

From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

The princes applaud with a furious joy; And the king seiz'd a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way,23 To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

Then they went off in a procession of two, the landlord carrying the flambeau.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)

There was a house-heating up beside Preston, with feasting and dancing; and a great light, like that of a flambeau, proceeded from the onstead.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay

On Tuesday night, authorities lit flambeaus to keep wild animals away, an official involved in the operation told the Hindustan Times newspaper.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2022

High and low the serfs looked out, red the flambeaus tossed about,— Toll slowly.

From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various

Many of the inhabitants carry lighted branches and flambeaus; and rockets, squibs, etc., are discharged on the joyful occasion.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.

Hast thou not seen, sweeping so far and high, The meteors, midnight flambeaus of the sky, How after them they draw long trails of flame Wherever Nature gives a thoroughfare?

From On the Nature of Things by Leonard, William Ellery

It was dimly lighted by representations of flambeaus, stuck at angles in the walls.

From Man of Many Minds by Evans, E. Everett (Edward Everett)

Like ghosts from the last century, they staged a torchlight parade, with oilcloth capes and kerosene flambeaux on long poles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Often, when the Queen was entertaining distinguished company under the flambeaux of the Great Hall, Lancelot had found him sitting by himself in a small room, mending stockings.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The flambeaux around the edge were bright and red in the dark.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

The door was that of a hall in the middle of which was erected a tribunal lighted by a number of flambeaux.

From The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth by Sue, Eugène

The gold and silver plate was very handsome, particularly the massive flambeaux and high ornaments for the middle of the table.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King