feathered
AdjectiveUS[feth-erd]/ˈfɛðɚd/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- adorned with feathers or plumes“a feathered hat”Synonyms: featheryplumyOpposite unadornedSimilar adorned, decorated
- having or covered with feathers“our feathered friends”Opposite featherlessSimilar pennate, feathery, featherlike, fledged, plumate, velvety-plumaged, plumelike, plumed +3 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Feath′ered adjective
1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.
Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury.— William Shakespeare
Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent.— Dr. John Scott
2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees.
3. Zoology Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
4. Heraldry Having feathers; — said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54