cache-peignen.
/kaʃˈpɛnjə/ A bow or hat ornament, usually worn at the back of a woman's hat. Also attributive.
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1873 Young Englishwoman Feb. 79/2 The cache peigne is quite gone out of fashion.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 7 May 3/1 A pretty Parisian toque..finished..with..a cache-peigne of peach-coloured roses.
1905 Daily Chron. 8 May 8/3 A very becoming..hat, which has a wreath of roses..finishing in the form of a cachepeigne at the back.
1936 Burlington Mag. June 261/1 The heavy cache-peigne cap helps to pull the reflection downwards.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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