1818 J. Keats iv. 175 Foot-feather'd Mercury.
1894 W. F. Lumley x. 65 Any variety of inferior-bred pigeons, having slender beaks, are suitable for the purpose, heavily foot-feathered specimens always excepted.
1988 M. M. Vriends 75/2 The ‘trumpeting’ has been almost completely bred out of the foot-feathered breeds.