See Also: cul-de-lampe(dictionary)

cul-de-lampe (iou)



cul-de-lampe noun. [kydl:p] Pl. culs-de-lampe (pronounced same). E18.
[French, lit. 'bottom of lamp'.]
Architecture. An ornamental support or pendant of inverted conical form. E18.
Typography. An ornament, often based on an inverted conical form, placed at the end of a passage of text. Now rare. E19.