cockade
noun
- ornament consisting of or imitating a rosette or knot of ribbon, worn usually on a hat as a badge of office or party, as part of livery dress, or as decoration
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kɒkˈeɪd/ / /kɑˈkeɪd/
noun
Etymology: Partial calque of French cocarde.
- A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge.
“[…] and Nature had moreover wrote GENTLEMAN with so fair a hand in every line of his countenance, that even his tarnish’d gold-laced hat and huge cockade of flimsy taffeta became him; […]”
“The escort were two mounted patriots in red caps and tri-coloured cockades, armed with national muskets and sabres, who rode one on either side of him.”
- An emblem of concentric circles of different colours, identifying the country to which an aircraft belongs.
“On the bank of the river in French territory lies a wrecked plane bearing the cockade of the French service.”