Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flambeau \Flam"beau\; n.; pl. Flambeauxor Flambeaus. [F.,
fr. OF. flambe flame, for flamble, from L. 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
flambeau
n 1: a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "flambeau":
brand, butane lighter, cigarette lighter, cresset, firebrand,
flaming torch, flare, flint, flint and steel, fusee, igniter,
light, lighter, link, portfire, signal flare, sparker, spill,
taper, torch