a decorated badge or an arrangement of ribbons, feathers, etc. that is worn in a hat to show military rank, that somebody is a member of a political party, etc. 帽章,帽花结(显示军衔、政党身份等) Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French cocarde, originally in bonnet à la coquarde, from the feminine of obsolete coquard ‘saucy’.