Cockade
[kɒ'keɪd] or [kɑ'ked]
Definition
(noun.) an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat.
Editor: Marilyn--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer.
Edited by Alison
Unserious Contents or Definition
This dream denotes that foes will bring disastrous suits against you. Beware of titles.
Typist: Ronald
Examples
- The red cap and tri-colour cockade were universal, both among men and women. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I took him as he was sleeping on the sofa, and it is as strong a likeness of his cockade as you would wish to see. Jane Austen. Emma.
- His judges sat upon the Bench in feathered hats; but the rough red cap and tricoloured cockade was the head-dress otherwise prevailing. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There were bodies of constables with blue staves, twenty committee-men with blue scarfs, and a mob of voters with blue cockades. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But here was the bride's carriage, adorned with ribbons and cockades. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His progress to Paris was a triumphal procession; he walked on white Bourbon cockades. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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