aiguillette
noun
an ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform; aglet.
aiguilletted
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a word derived from
aiguillette.
Example Sentences
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As for the few common soldiers taken, they gave him little uneasiness,—as Sir John has it, they were "mortal men, and food for powder;" but there was a staff-officer among them, aiguilletted and epauletted.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Charles James Lever
The rules and regulations of the service prevailed not here; the starred and gartered general, the plumed and aiguilletted colonel obtained but little deference and less mercy from his more humble subaltern.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Charles James Lever
