aigrette

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In the finished portrait, he stands draped in pearls with a diamond aigrette twinkling from his turban, every inch the maharajah — except, of course, for the Koh-i-Noor.

From New York Times

Who else but Loulou—tomboy daughter of a French marquis and an Anglo-Irish fashion model—would have adopted mock-maharaja garb for her own wedding, complete with a turban and an aigrette?

From Architectural Digest

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

From the Grand Signor, a diamond aigrette and rich pelisse, valued at £3,000.

From Project Gutenberg

A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.

From Project Gutenberg