flambeau

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

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

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

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.

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