Meaning of coq | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
2. Coquihalla (a location in British Columbia)

Examples

“[…] 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.”

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