girandole

noun /ˈdʒɪrənˌdoʊl/

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

   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. A type of firework which creates a "whirling top" or "flying saucer" effect.

Where it comes from

From French girandole, from Italian girandola, from girare (“to turn, gyrate”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry girandole (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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