aigrette
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Other intriguing pieces included Chaumet’s narrow diamond tiara with a central opal, with an upstanding aigrette of white feathers rising from sapphire branches.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2012
The oval, shapely head bore proudly a black shako topped with aigrette plumes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ignoring the rain, the ladies seized a lifetime's chance and swept into each new party crowned with ostrich feathers, aigrette plumes, flowers and veiling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under the long, lemon-tinted gown and the towering headdress of aigrette plumes, the tall, tawny body is heavier now.
From Time Magazine Archive
But she couldn't have worn a hobble skirt and an aigrette at the "Eden."
From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
