aiglet

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No loose flowing robes, no shoon half a yard long, no flaunting tawdriness of fringe and aiglet, characterized the appearance of the baron, who, even in peace, gave his address a half-martial fashion.

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  1. In heraldry, an eaglet or young eagle.
  2. See aglet.

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  • No loose flowing robes, no shoon half a yard long, no flaunting tawdriness of fringe and aiglet, characterized the appearance of the baron, who, even in peace, gave his address a half-martial fashion. —  The Last of the Barons — Volume 02
 

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  1. Dim. of Old French aigle, eagle: see eaglet.
 

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