cock|ade

cock|ade
cock|ade «ko KAYD», noun.
a knot of ribbon or a rosette worn on the hat as a badge: »

The only thing that distinguished it from the hats of lesser officers was the color of the cockade on its brim (New Yorker).

Also, French, cocarde.
[alteration of cockard < French cocarde < coq cock1]

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