cockade
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Origin of cockade
First recorded in 1650–60; cockade (also cockard ), from French cocarde “a knot of ribbons, cockade” (from its resemblance to a cock's crest), from Middle French cocquard “boastful, silly, cocky” (like the boastful behavior of a rooster), from coc “rooster, cock”; see cock 1 + -arde -ard
Vocabulary lists containing cockade
Example Sentences
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Made by Poupard, Napoleon's official hatmaker, the headpiece displays all the hallmark features of an authentic imperial bicorne, including its distinctive proportions, a small tricolour cockade, and a silk‑taffeta lining, Parich said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
The king arrived in Paris days later, Edelstein says, to declare his support of the revolution and don the tricolor cockade.
From Time ● Jul. 13, 2016
Few miles away, on the Army's Patterson Field, another Lockheed, with the red-white-&-blue cockade of the R.A.F. on her camouflaged sides, ground-looped on a take-off and burned as her pilots skipped out of danger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Came a train whose engine bore the triple cockade of Wales, and whisked him Londonwards.
From Time Magazine Archive
I quickly ripped the blue cockade off my dress and threw it on the floor behind me.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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