plumet

plumet m (plural plumets)

1. an ostrich feather placed in a hat
2. a bouquet of feathers used to decorate military headgear
3. a bouquet of feathers used to decorate a dais, a bed, or a hearse
4. feathergrass (Stipa pennata)
5. a bundle of feathers attached to a piece of cork which is allowed to float in order to determine the direction of the wind

• “plumet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

plūmet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of plūmō