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cock feathers

cock feathers is the plural of cock feather.

Meaning of cock feather

Noun

cock feather (plural cock feathers)

  1. One of the feathers on an arrow that is placed at right angles to the nock on the bow, usually having a different color than the other feathers so that it is easily identified.
    • Reverse the arrow on the shelf of the bow so that the cock feather, which normally faces outward, is now up against the riser in full contact.2011, Sam Fadala, Traditional Archery, page 147
  2. The tailfeather of a cock.
    • A big, burly country squire, with red shaven cheeks, in a green jacket and a green hat with a cock feather, walks around, looks at everything severely.1945, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, The Making of Russia, page 41

Questions about cock feathers

What is cock feathers the plural of?
Cock feathers is the plural of cock feather.

Words near cock feathers in the dictionary

  1. cock egg
  2. cock eggs
  3. cock eye
  4. cock eyes
  5. cock feather
  6. cock feathers
  7. cock gobbler
  8. cock gobblers
  9. cock holster
  10. cock holsters
  11. cock in a frock

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