Definitions
Light plume or covering from a bird.
Word origin
From Middle English feþer, from Old English feþer, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).
Used in a sentence
“Notice, too, that the shaft is not straight, but bent so that the upper surface of the feather is convex, and the lower concave.”
“Big fellows they were, all of them, their barbaric headdresses and grotesquely painted faces, together with their many metal ornaments and gorgeously coloured feathers, adding to their wild, fierce appearance.”
“Nesting birds pluck some of their own feathers to line the nest, but feather plucking in pet birds is entirely different.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Bird plume”7 letters
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