Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
LAMBREQUIN
lambrequin
(noun) short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing
lambrequin
(noun) a scarf that covers a knight’s helmet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lambrequin (plural lambrequins)
A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing; a valance (North America only).
An ornamental hanging over upper part of window or along the edge of a shelf.
A border pattern with draped effect used in ceramics.
A covering for a helmet.
(heraldry) In heraldry, drapery attached to a helmet.
Source: Wiktionary
Lam"bre*quin, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Lamboys, Label.]
1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.
2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. Wilhelm.
3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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