Mr. Caton Woodville gives the following explanation of the aiguillettes worn by aides-de-camp.
Horse soldiers have also an ornamental cord to their head-dresses, and it seems likely that the aiguillettes had another origin, and that prickers or some other instruments were at one time attached to them.
The new-comer wore aiguillettes and the cuff-rings of a Commander, R.
Lackeys, with red-gold aiguillettes on their brown coats, stood theatrically in couples at the open double doors.
Put aiguillettes of sole (long fillets) in a buttered pan, season with salt and pepper, cover with a glass of white wine, and cook for ten minutes.
A transient compliment to the influence at elections of the famous Duchess of Devonshire was little liable to objection, we imagined, during a playful examination of a few “aiguillettes de volaille à la jolie fille.
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