What does "feathered" mean?
Feathered: Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees.
Additional senses
- 2.(Zoöl.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
- 3.(Her.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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