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

From his hat sprouted a white aigrette, round his neck hung the flashing gold chain of the Collar of the Annunziata, on his breast blazed medals.

From Time Magazine Archive

The oval, shapely head bore proudly a black shako topped with aigrette plumes.

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

Shere Bahadur saw the flash of the jewelled aigrette, the sheen of the order, and, giving up the dog, curled his trunk and started in pursuit.

From The Heart of Denise and Other Tales by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)