Word Meaning

feathered definition and meaning

imp. & p. p. of Feather
a. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.
a. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees.
a. Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
a. Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.