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Aiguillette

//ˌeɪɡwɪˈlɛt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An ornamental braided cord with decorative metal tips worn on uniforms.

    "Lancers wore Dragoon jackets with embroidered cuffs and collars, enormous epaulettes and an aiguillette. They wore very high Polish caps with square crowns, with a brass plate in front and topped with a plume."

  2. 2
    ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative form of aiglet (“metal tip on a ribbon or cord that facilitates lacing two parts of a garment together”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Borrowed from French aiguillette, from Middle French aiguillette, from Old French aguillete. Doublet of aglet and aiglet.

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