aiguillette

• aglet, aiglet

Borrowed from French aiguillette, from Middle French aiguillette, from Old French aguillete. Doublet of aglet and aiglet.

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪɡwɪˈlɛt/

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aiguillette (plural aiguillettes)

1. An ornamental braided cord with decorative metal tips worn on uniforms.
2. Alternative form of aiglet (“metal tip on a ribbon or cord that facilitated lacing two parts of a garment together”)

• Medieval Costume and Fashion, by Herbert Norris, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, p. 365.

From aiguille +‎ -ette.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɛt/, /e.ɡɥi.jɛt/

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aiguillette f (plural aiguillettes)

1. ribbon; tie; cord
2. needle
3. needlefish

• aiguillette baronne

• “aiguillette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French aguillete; equivalent to aiguille +‎ -ette.

aiguillette f (plural aiguillettes)

1. ribbon; tie; cord

• French: aiguillette
• → English: aiglet