aiguillette
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French aiguillette, from Middle French aiguillette, from Old French aguillete. Doublet of aglet and aiglet.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌeɪɡwɪˈlɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]aiguillette (plural aiguillettes)
- An ornamental braided cord with decorative metal tips worn on uniforms.
- 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 191:
- 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.
- Alternative form of aiglet (“metal tip on a ribbon or cord that facilitated lacing two parts of a garment together”)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]ornamental braided cord
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References
[edit]- Medieval Costume and Fashion, by Herbert Norris, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, p. 365.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aiguillette f (plural aiguillettes)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aiguillette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French aguillete; equivalent to aiguille + -ette.
Noun
[edit]aiguillette f (plural aiguillettes)
Descendants
[edit]- French: aiguillette
- → English: aiglet
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