The earliest uses of "girandole" in English, in the 17th century, referred to a kind of firework or to something, such as a fountain, with a radiating pattern like that of a firework. From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
Such a pattern is reflected in the word's etymology: "girandole" can be traced back, by way of French and Italian, to the Latin word "gyrus," meaning "gyre" or "a circular or spiral motion or form.". From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
Back to the pasta bentos – penne (actually girandole) with creamy sundried tomato sauce, pine nuts and rucola. From Wordnik.com. [Bento #132 « Were rabbits] Reference
I have seen a set of cut-glass sent to Calcutta for the purpose, or a girandole, too handsome for Brazilian purchasers. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
It was tastefully appointed with expensive antiques -- such as an early-nineteenth-century French giltwood barometer, an Italian girandole and a Chinese enamel hanging lantern -- decorative paintings, and plush furnishings. From Wordnik.com. [Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth]
A few tears were shed by Dulac over the thin lank locks he was called upon to friz, and when all was completed and he held aloft the girandole to light him down the back stairs used by members of the royal household to gain admission to the state apartments of the royal palace without passing through the crowd in the ante-room, the faithful fellow turned heartbroken to his master's chamber. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
Laying the pistol on the mantelshelf, he plucked a twisted spill of paper from a vase hard by, stooped, ignited it from the flame dancing in the sea-coals, and proceeded to light the candles in an old-fashioned girandole that overhung the fireplace. From Wordnik.com. [Corporal Sam and Other Stories] Reference
Meantime, don’t you feel your little lamp of a spirit wax very pale, beside such a girandole as. From Wordnik.com. [The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
5. girandole. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
Other top prices were £3,100 for a George I walnut bureau, £2,700 for a George III oak high dresser, £2,200 for a William IV mahogany rectangular side table with a white marble top, £2,000 for an early Victorian mahogany drum table, £1,900 for a late George III mahogany chest on chest, £1,800 for a late Victorian oak wind out dining table and £1,700 for a 19th century gesso framed oval girandole. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
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