/jir"euhn dohl'/ , n.
1. a rotating and radiating firework.
2. an ornate bracket for candelabra or the like, sometimes with a reflecting mirror at the back of the shelf.
3. a brooch or earring consisting of a central ornament with usually three smaller ornaments hanging from it.
Also, girandola /ji ran"dl euh/ .
[ 1625-35; girandola, deriv. of girare to turn in a circle gyrare, deriv. of gyrus a circle gyros ]