aigrettes

These plumes, known as aigrettes, grow on the backs between the shoulders of both the male and female birds, and are worn only during the nesting season.

Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918

[Illustration: An Egret, bearing "aigrettes," in attendance on her young]

The Bird Study Book Thomas Gilbert Pearson

It is from the backs of these birds that the "aigrettes" come, so often seen on the hats of the fashionable.

The Bird Study Book Thomas Gilbert Pearson

The "aigrettes" of the feather trade come from egrets, and, being very light, it requires the death of several birds to yield one ounce.

Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

"aigrettes," and of course {152} subsequently purchased and worn by fashionable women, as well as by young and old women of moderate incomes, who sacrifice much for this millinery luxury.

The Bird Study Book Thomas Gilbert Pearson

KC and Michael continued into the second salon, known as the Emerald Room, which contained a glittering display of aigrettes—ornamental headpieces—and pendants decorated with emeralds, diamonds, and other precious gems.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

KC and Michael continued into the second salon, known as the Emerald Room, which contained a glittering display of aigrettes—ornamental headpieces—and pendants decorated with emeralds, diamonds, and other precious gems.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

KC and Michael continued into the second salon, known as the Emerald Room, which contained a glittering display of aigrettes—ornamental headpieces—and pendants decorated with emeralds, diamonds, and other precious gems.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

In the Treasury are a selection of aigrettes, the artificial, gem-incrusted plumes worn by the sultans on their turbans.

Archive 2006-09-01 Walter Jon Williams 2006

In the Treasury are a selection of aigrettes, the artificial, gem-incrusted plumes worn by the sultans on their turbans.

Log of the Eclipse (13) Walter Jon Williams 2006