feathered

[ feth-erd ]
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adjective
  1. clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.

  2. quick; rapid; speedy; swift: feathered feet.

  1. (of a veneer) cut to show a figure resembling a plume.

Origin of feathered

1
before 1000; Middle English fethered,Old English gefetherede,see feather, -ed3

Other words from feathered

  • un·feath·ered, adjective

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