flambeau

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

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2021

One light--the single flambeau which had escaped extinguishing--threw a ghastly glare on the surge of scowling ruffians.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

"Old age having laid his hand upon this truly great man, this truly philosophical politician, at his expiring flambeau I lighted my taper."

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel

And lit me with her pine-knot torch to bedward, Where, as the custom of the court it was, The beauteous Wolf-head blew the flambeau out, And then— Alice.

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Moses, Montrose Jonas

Here an old man presented himself who officiated as an experienced guide, furnished with a lantern and great flambeau made of ropes impregnated with some kind of resin.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

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

Scarcely had we left the village when the flambeaus were extinguished, and we were left in almost total darkness.

From The Life of George Borrow by Jenkins, Herbert George

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

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel

They came down here with torches and flambeaus and saw the darkness only, while the light came out to meet us, seeing we had none….

From Pélléas and Mélisande by Hovey, Richard

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

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

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

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

Two big footmen with flambeaux and tall candles escorted him to his carriage.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

The morning was ushered in with the ringing of bells, and in the evening a procession took place, by the light of flambeaux, to the number of some thousands.

From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown