Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Flambeau

Flambeau , noun

[French, from Old French flambe flame, for flamble, from Latin flammula a little flame, dim. of flamma flame. See Flame.]

A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.