cockade
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- noun
- /kəˈkeɪd/
- Archaic
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cockade
- The vintage hat was adorned with a beautiful cockade, adding a stylish touch to her outfit.
- a gilt cockade
- a white cockade
Examples
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On the crown of the cap was a zinc cockade bearing either FJI France, Joseph Imperator or IFJ for Hungarian units.
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At the festival, everyone received a bright cockade to show their support for the local team.
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We must choose colored cockades so we know our allies! - What color do you want? - You choose!
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The cockade on Healy's tricorne is still wet with snow.
Fiction book (1993) -
Napoleon would pin the cockade to the chests of the clerics, and they would take it off as soon as they left his company.
Blog text (26) -
Napoleon insisted that the clerics would have to wear the cockade at least, if not the shawl.
Blog text (26) -
The sitter's entire outfit is rendered in patriotic red, white, and blue, from the Revolutionary cockade and artificial flowers on her bonnet.
Academic text (2011) -
In one version, McLeod's bright blue eyes stared uncompromisingly out from under a Highland bonnet with a white cockade pinned to the band.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the summer of 1798, Napoleon made it mandatory for all Egyptians to wear the tricolour cockade, the knotted ribbon preferred by French republicans.
Blog text (26) -
The soldier proudly wore a colorful cockade on his hat during the parade.
Synonyms
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A ribbon shaped like a rose worn as a badge to show achievement or support
A small strip of cloth used to decorate or to show that someone won
How Ornamental
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cockade comes from French cocarde, a bright little rosette or ribbon worn on a hat as a small 'badge'. Think of a colourful 'ribbon' or 'rosette' pinned to a hat, which is why a cockade is a hat ornament that often shows rank or group.