WordNet
fleur-de-lys
n. (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris [syn: fleur-de-lis]
[also: fleurs-de-lys (pl)]
fleurs-de-lys
See fleur-de-lys
Usage examples of "fleurs-de-lys".
In addition to a library adjoining his chamber, he had a boudoir of which he thought a great deal, a gallant and elegant retreat, with magnificent hangings of straw, with a pattern of flowers and fleurs-de-lys made on the galleys of Louis XIV.