Meanings
plural aiguillettes · alternative aglet · alternative aiglet
- An ornamental braided cord with decorative metal tips worn on uniforms.
Lancers wore Dragoon jackets with embroidered cuffs and collars, enormous epaulettes and an aiguillette. They wore very high Polish caps with square crowns, with a brass plate in front and topped with a plume.
1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 191 - alternativeAlternative form of aiglet (“metal tip on a ribbon or cord that facilitates lacing two parts of a garment together”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchaguillete
- Middle Frenchaiguillette
- Frenchaiguillette
- Englishaiguillette
Borrowed from French aiguillette, from Middle French aiguillette, from Old French aguillete. Doublet of aglet and aiglet.
More words from French, Middle French, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian акселба́нт
- акселба́нт (akselbánt)ornamental braided cord
Finnish olkanauha
- olkanauhaornamental braided cord
German Achselschnur, Fangschnur
- Achselschnurornamental braided cord
- Fangschnurornamental braided cord
- Schulterschnurornamental braided cord
- Feldachselstückornamental braided cord
- Achselbandornamental braided cord
Polish akselbant, sznur galowy
- akselbantornamental braided cord
- sznur galowyornamental braided cord
Russian аксельба́нт
- аксельба́нт (akselʹbánt)ornamental braided cord
Spanish cordón, cordón militar
- cordónornamental braided cord
- cordón militarornamental braided cord
Cite this entry
aiguillette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aiguillette
“aiguillette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aiguillette. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aiguillette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aiguillette.
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