aigrette
- n a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume
- Mussolini arrived in a brilliant uniform with an aigrette a foot high on his head.
- Under the long, lemon-tinted gown and the towering headdress of aigrette plumes, the tall, tawny body is heavier now.
- The oval, shapely head bore proudly a black shako topped with aigrette plumes.