Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ornament, such as a rosette or knot of ribbon, usually worn on the hat as a badge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A clasp, button, or other fastening used to secure and hold up the cock of the hat; hence, any knot or rosette of ribbon, leather, worsted, or other material, worn on the hat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At the bottom of every soldier's haversack there is an old and worn tricolour cockade, which is there ready to be fetched out at a moment's notice, and will be fetched out at the mere sound of the Corsican's voice.
The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906
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Nay, sharp-tempered 'M. Tassin,' at the Tuileries parade on Sunday morning, forgets all National military rule; starts from the ranks, wrenches down one black cockade which is swashing ominous there; and tramples it fiercely into the soil of
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Then, in the parade, came the wives of the firemen, dressed in white and wearing white cockade hats.
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Then, in the parade, came the wives of the firemen, dressed in white and wearing white cockade hats.
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Bulgaria cockade hat badge police employee uniform
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Then, in the parade, came the wives of the firemen, dressed in white and wearing white cockade hats.
Creation of the Beachwood Volunteer Fire Company « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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He also wore the uniform of the Army of the Revolution, such as it was, for in those days soldiers of France could be found dressed in the white coats of the old royal army, the blue coats of the volunteers, and even civilian dress augmented by the cockade and the Phrygian cap.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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Giles stood beside the carriage steps, beaming, with a white cockade in his hat.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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Dahl instinctively disliked the army, and described the new arrivals with thinly disguised contempt: Fellows in uniform and cockade hats all over the place and a frightful lot of snobbishness.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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A brief reunion in 2004 fell apart, though a publicity picture from that period – perhaps tellingly in light of his new political ambitions – shows Jean dressed in riding boots, a cockade hat and lace-fronted shirt, like L'Ouverture reborn.
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