feathering

[ feth-er-ing ]
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noun

  1. a covering of feathers; plumage.

  2. the arrangement of feathers on an arrow.

  1. Music. a very light and delicate use of the violin bow.

Origin of feathering

1
First recorded in 1520–30; feather + -ing1

Other words from feathering

  • un·der·feath·er·ing, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for feathering

feathering

/ (ˈfɛðərɪŋ) /

noun

  1. the plumage of a bird; feathers

  2. another word for feathers (def. 2)

  1. printing

    • an imperfection in print caused by the spreading of ink

    • the use of additional space between lines in typesetting in order to fill the page

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