aigret Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume
    aigrette.

WordNet

Ai"gret, Ai*grette noun (Also<
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Etymology
F., a sort of white heron, with a tuft of feathers on its head; a tuft of feathers; dim. of the same word as heron. See Heron, and cf. Egret, Egrette.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The small white European heron. See Egret.
  2. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. Prescott.
  3. A tuft like that of the egret. (Bot.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.

Webster 1913