Young women attired often in nothing more than ostrich-feather aigrettes dyed in colors of doubtful taste ran nubilely up and down the marble staircases, chased by young men in razor-toed ball shoes of patent-leather.
a feather or plume, or feather-shaped item, used as an adornment or ornament.
Hyphenation
a feath-er or plume, or feather-shaped item, used as an a-dorn-ment or or-na-ment