Obs. Also 7 erron. fiocchio. [It. fiocco (pl. fiocchi): see FLOCK sb.2] A tassel.
1694. S. Johnson, Notes Past. Let. Bp. Burnet, I. 1–2. The Book is not capable of Fiocchio’s or Cardinal’s Horse-top-knots on or off, and therefore I need not stand upon Ceremony with it.
1714. The History of the Mitre and Purse, 24. So much for Prosecutions under the Staff’s Administration, till we come to see him in the Exercise of another Office, and like a Cardinal’s Horse with his Fiocco upon him.
