What does "fledge" mean?
Fledge: To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. L'Estrange.
Additional senses
- 2.To furnish or adorn with any soft covering. Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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