aigrette (redirected from aigrettes)

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 - 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