Definition of "girandole" in Anglais

noun

1. An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII As I sat in my usual nook, and looked at him with the light of the girandoles on the mantelpiece beaming full over him...

2. (pyrotechnics) A type of firework which creates a "whirling top" or "flying saucer" effect.