aigrette

ai·grette or ai·gret  (-grt, grt)

n.

1. An ornamental tuft of upright plumes, especially the tail feathers of an egret.

2. An ornament, such as a spray of gems, resembling a tuft of plumes.

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[French, egret, from Old French; see egret.]

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aigrette, aigret [ˈeɪgrɛt eɪˈgrɛt]

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a long plume worn on hats or as a headdress, esp one of long egret feathers

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) an ornament or piece of jewellery in imitation of a plume of feathers

[French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

aigrette - a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume aigret plume - a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament

Translations

aigrette

n → Reiherfeder f, → Reiherbusch m (old)