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▪ I. plumet rare.|ˈpluːmɪt| [a. F. plumet (15th c.) a small plume: see plume n. and -et1.] A small plume.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iii. ix. 84 b, Certain common plumets of Eastrige feathers. 1895Daily News 13 Nov. 5/4 The newest thing took the shape of the plumet or feathery tuft in the képis of the chasseurs-à-pied of the Empire. 1902J. Conrad Youth, etc. (1903) 192 He..brushed the oil painting..with a plumet kept suspended from a small brass hook by the side of the heavy gold frame. ▪ II. plumet var. plumbet Obs.; obs. f. plummet. |