Examples of “cockade” in a Sentence

noun A decorative knot or rosette of ribbon pinned to a hat, often to show rank or membership of a group.

• The footman's hat carried a small black cockade.
• Guests at the ball wore cockades in the colors of their house.
• She pinned a cockade to her coat to mark the anniversary.

noun A circular emblem of colored rings painted on an aircraft to show which country it belongs to.

• The fighter plane bore a cockade on each wing.
• Historians can date old aircraft photographs by the style of cockade shown.