cockade
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cockade /kɒˈkeɪd/
▶noun a rosette or knot of ribbons worn in a hat as a badge of office or as part of a livery.
– derivatives
cockaded adjective.
cockaded adjective.
– origin C17: from Fr. cocarde, orig. in bonnet à la coquarde, from the fem. of obs. coquard ‘saucy’.
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