cockade

American  

[ko-kayd] / kɒˈkeɪd /

noun

1. a rosette, knot of ribbon, etc., usually worn on the hat as part of a uniform, as a badge of office, or the like.

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cockade British  

/ kɒˈkeɪd /

noun

1. a feather or ribbon worn on military headwear

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Other Word Forms

• cockaded
  adjective

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Etymology

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cockade

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

British High Commissioner Sir John Maud turned up for the ceremony in a gold-encrusted black uniform and a cockade hat with white ostrich plumes.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

He stood up and put on a shiny black hat with a silver cockade on it and saluted smartly.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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