ACCOLA'DE, noun [Latin ad and collum, neck.] A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood; but whether an embrace or a blow, seems not to be settled.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
accolade
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign