aiguillette

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I instantly overtook him, laid hold of him by the aiguillette, and brought him back in safety, and gave him in charge of a sergeant of the Osnabruckers to deliver to the Duke Napoleon himself, from a spot of rising ground not far from La Haye Sainte, had watched the advance of his Guard.

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  1. noun An ornamental cord worn on the shoulder of a military uniform.

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  1. French; see aglet.

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  1. French, diminutive of aiguille, a needle: see aglet.
 

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/eɪgwiˈlɛt/
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