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cockfeathers

cockfeathers is the plural of cockfeather.

Meaning of cockfeather

Noun

cockfeather (plural cockfeathers)

  1. Feather on an arrow.
    • Fearing the action of the wind upon such light shafts if unfledged, the archer inserts into the cloven end three or four feathers, the cockfeather being as in Europe perpendicular when the arrow is notched.1859, The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, page 379
  2. Tailfeather of a cock.
    • The human hair ornament on this man's shoulders is old, but the cockfeather ornaments on his wrist and ankles appear to be a late innovation.1973, Terence Barrow, Art and Life in Polynesia, page 23

Questions about cockfeathers

What is cockfeathers the plural of?
Cockfeathers is the plural of cockfeather.

Words near cockfeathers in the dictionary

  1. cockface
  2. cockfaces
  3. cockfag
  4. cockfags
  5. cockfeather
  6. cockfeathers
  7. Cockfield
  8. Cockfields
  9. cockfight
  10. cockfighter
  11. cockfighters

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