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cockade
[n] - an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat
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Cockade
Operational code name for Allied deception operations intended to draw attention away from Normandy prior to D-Day
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Cockade
Cock·ade' (kŏk*ād') noun [ French cocarble , from coquard vain, Old French coquart , from coq cock, probably of imitative origin. The ornament is so named from its resemblance to the crest of a cock. Confer ...
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cockade
noun an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat
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Cockade
• (n.) 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.
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cockade
a bow or knot of ribbons worn in the hat.
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Cockade
A cockade is a knot of ribbons, or other circular- or oval-shaped symbol of distinctive colors which is usually worn on a hat. ==Eighteenth century== In the 18th century, a cockade was pinned on the side of a man`s tricorne or cocked hat, or on his lapel. Women could also wear it on their hat or in...
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Cockade
HMS Cockade was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Cockade was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 ...
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Cockade
A cockade is a kind of rosette worn in the hat by men-servants of naval and military officers, or of individuals holding office under the Crown. It was formerly worn in the hats of soldiers.
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Cockade
National colours worn on hats.
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cockade
a ribbon worn in the hat.
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Cockade
Ornamental rosette of ribbon or cloth, worn on a hat as a badge of office or as a decoration.
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cockade
1) Decoration 2) Ornament 3) Ornamentation
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