LAMBREQUIN Meaning of LAMBREQUIN in English n.1 US a short piece of drapery hung over the top of a door or a window or draped on a mantelpiece. 2 Heraldry MANTLING. Etymology: F f. Du. (unrecorded) lamperkin, dimin. of lamper veil Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012