accolade
(ˈækəˌleɪd
, ˌækəˈleɪd) noun
1 strong praise or approval; acclaim
2 an award or honour
3 the ceremonial gesture used to confer knighthood, originally an embrace, now a touch on the shoulder with a sword
4 a rare word for
brace (sense 7)
5 architecture a curved ornamental moulding, esp one having the shape of an ogee arch
[C17: via French and Italian from Vulgar Latin accollāre (unattested) to hug; related to Latin collum neck]