ferronière
/ˌfɛrɒnˈjɛː/(also ferroniere, ferronniere, ferronnière)
noun
An ornamental chain or fillet with a central jewel (especially a pendant), worn around the head.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in World of Fashion. From French ferronnière ornamental chain, band, or plait with a central decoration, worn around the forehead, apparently from La Belle Ferronnière, the title given from the early 18th cent. to a portrait of a beautiful woman wearing such an ornament.
- blow one's top (or lid or stack)
- blow (or clear) away the cobwebs
- blow (or toot) one's own horn
- blow out
- blowout
- blowout preventer
- blow over
- blowpipe
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- blow someone a kiss
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- blow someone's brains out
- blow someone's mind
- blow someone up
- blow something off
- blow something out
- blow something out of the water
- blow something to bits (or pieces or smithereens)
- blow something up
- blowsy
- blow the doors off
- blow the whistle on