flambeau

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

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

And he went on tiptoe to the door of the weaving room, unlocked it, and looked in, holding his flambeau high above his head.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

He had a flambeau of twisted bark in one hand to give light, but when he came to take out the fish he did not know how to manage to hold the light.

From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

After another rain the bare flambeau trees would burst into fiery bloom.

From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph

Here an old man presented himself who officiated as an experienced guide, furnished with a lantern and great flambeau made of ropes impregnated with some kind of resin.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various