Explore Cockade through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like decoration or ornament. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cockade meaning
- A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge.
- An emblem of concentric circles of different colours, identifying the country to which an aircraft belongs.
Synonyms of Cockade
Using Cockade
- The main meaning on this page is: A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge. | An emblem of concentric circles of different colours, identifying the country to which an aircraft belongs.
- Useful related words include: decoration, ornament, ornamentation.
- In the example corpus, cockade often appears in combinations such as: cockade was.
Context around Cockade
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cockade
- In this selection, "cockade" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, national, red and left stand out and add context to how "cockade" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and red cockade was presented and for the cockade. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cockade" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cockade
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The right cockade, the national cockade, was red, black and white. (11 words)
The blue and red cockade was presented to King Louis XVI at the Hôtel de Ville on 17 July. (19 words)
The left cockade was used to denote the province of the soldier (Prussia-black and white; Bavaria-white and blue; etc.). (21 words)
The Society of Revolutionary Republican Women, a militant group on the far left, demanded a law in 1793 that would compel all women to wear the tricolor cockade to demonstrate their loyalty to the Republic. (35 words)
Later, distinctive colours and styles of cockade would indicate the wearer's faction—although the meanings of the various styles were not entirely consistent, and varied somewhat by region and period. (31 words)
When outdoors, they wear a black beaver plush tricorne hat trimmed with black ostrich feathers and a steel 'loop' for the cockade. (22 words)
Example sentences (6)
The right cockade, the national cockade, was red, black and white.
Later, distinctive colours and styles of cockade would indicate the wearer's faction—although the meanings of the various styles were not entirely consistent, and varied somewhat by region and period.
The blue and red cockade was presented to King Louis XVI at the Hôtel de Ville on 17 July.
The left cockade was used to denote the province of the soldier (Prussia-black and white; Bavaria-white and blue; etc.).
The Society of Revolutionary Republican Women, a militant group on the far left, demanded a law in 1793 that would compel all women to wear the tricolor cockade to demonstrate their loyalty to the Republic.
When outdoors, they wear a black beaver plush tricorne hat trimmed with black ostrich feathers and a steel 'loop' for the cockade.
Common combinations with cockade
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: