Accolade
Accolade (ak`ko*lād" or ak`ko*lȧd"; 277) , noun
[French accolade, Italian accolata, from accollare to embrace; Latin ad + collum neck.]
1.
A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting of an embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.
2.
(Music) A brace used to join two or more staves.