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flighted, ppl. a.|ˈflaɪtɪd|
[f. flight n.1 + -ed2.]
1. Having a certain flight or speed.
1634Milton Comus 553 The drousy-flighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd sleep. 1906Westm. Gaz. 5 Jan. 4/2 Short-winged and feeble-flighted little birds.
2. Provided with feathers, feathered.
1735J. Moore Columbarium 35 The nine flight Feathers of the Wing ought to be White, otherwise he [the Powter] is said to be foul flighted. 1889Elvin Dict. Her., Flighted applied to an arrow denotes that it is feathered.
3. Of steps: arranged in flights.
1929A. Clarke Later Poems (1961) 19 There Are flighted steps to climb. |