A braided cord awarded to a police or military unit for distinguished service and worn on the left shoulder. From aglet or aiglet, literally “needle”, meaning the cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying. (See also: fourragère).
“Don’t these schools do enough damage making all these kids think alike, now they have to make them look alike too? It’s not a new idea, either. I first saw it in old newsreels from the 1930s, but it was hard to understand because the narration was in German.” – George Carlin
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Originally, the word “aiguillette” referred to the lacing used to fasten plate armor together.
-KIA
Yes, I read that too. I couldn’t stand not knowing what that braided cord was called.
Yupers. Like tiny fly
“I couldn’t stand not knowing….”
The phrase that drives the curious forward —