释义 |
ˌplumifiˈcation rare. [n. of action f. L. type *plūmificāre, f. plūma plume: see -fication.] The action of feathering or fact of being feathered.
1819Blackw. Mag. VI. 75 If Leigh Hunt had ever had the misfortune to have been tarred and feathered, he would have written a sonnet on his plumification. 1834Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 313 The relation between the economy of nest and the progress of plumification. |