Coq
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coq is a noun meaning A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
Meaning
A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
Example Sentences
[…] with a flat Tam crown of heliotrope velvet, a drapery under the brim, and two flat coq feathers.
A smart all-black model has just arrived from Jeanne Due. It is turban-trimmed with black coq which forms a bow drape.
It was the Spanish rooster, the bird that produced coq feathers, that sacrificed the most plumage. Coqs, the rooster's long, curved, and iridescent tail feathers, were plucked from the bird to trim hats or, in this case, masks.
Word Forms
- coqs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reductase, cockscomb, coque, quoif, copple, cocker.
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