cockade

[ ko-keyd ]

/ kɒˈkeɪd /

noun

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

Nearby words

cock-a-hoop, cock-a-leekie, cock-and-bull story, cock-of-the-rock, cockabully, cockade, cockaigne, cockalorum, cockamamie, cockapoo, cockatiel

Origin of cockade

1650–60; alteration of cocarde < French, equivalent to coc cock² + -arde -ard

Related forms

cock·ad·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for cockade

Close examination of this cockade shows it to be complete, with no traces of a center eagle ever having been added.
American Military Insignia 1800-1851|J. Duncan Campbell and Edgar M. Howell.
We are drawing near the chateau, and you might as well wear a cockade tricolor as let them hear that.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
In b the figure behind Mr. Pickwick is turned into Sam by placing a cockade on his hat.
Pickwickian Manners and Customs|Percy Fitzgerald
By 1802 these cockade eagles had taken the colors used for the buttons and lace of the different arms.
American Military Insignia 1800-1851|J. Duncan Campbell and Edgar M. Howell.

The cockade on the hat is the privilege abroad of ambassadors; it is bad form.
The Complete Bachelor|Walter Germain

British Dictionary definitions for cockade

cockade

/ (kɒˈkeɪd) /

noun

a feather or ribbon worn on military headwear

Derived Forms

cockaded, adjective

Word Origin for cockade

C18: changed from earlier cockard, from French cocarde, feminine of cocard arrogant, strutting, from coq cock 1

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