tippet

noun

1. a scarf, usually of fur or wool, for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, and usually having ends hanging down in front.Compare stole2(def 2).
2. Ecclesiastical. a band of silk or the like worn around the neck with the ends pendent in front.Compare stole2(def 1).
3. a long, narrow, pendent part of a hood, sleeve, etc.
4. Angling.
   1. a short length of gut, nylon, or the like, for tying an artificial fly to the leader.
   2. a branch of the shaft of a bird feather, serving as the tail of an artificial fly.

noun

1. a woman’s fur cape for the shoulders, often consisting of the whole fur of a fox, marten, etc
2. the long stole of Anglican clergy worn during a service
3. a long streamer-like part to a sleeve, hood, etc, esp in the 16th century
4. the ruff of a bird
5. a tippet feather or something similar used in dressing some artificial angling flies

n.c.1300, of unknown origin; perhaps from Old English tæppet “carpet, hanging.”