pen-feathern.

Brit.

/ˈpɛnˌfɛðə/, U.S.

/ˈpɛnˌfɛðər/

Forms: see pen n.³ and feather n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.³, feather n.

Etymology: < pen n.³ + feather n. Compare slightly earlier pen-feathered adj., and (with sense 2) pinfeather n.

†1. A quill feather of a bird's wing. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > feather(s) on > primary feather(s)

flags1486

pinion feather1486

pinion1545

pen-feather1602

quill feather1678

remexa1705

flight1735

flight-feather1735

primary1776

rower1835

remicle1887

pen plume1899

1602 Withal's Dict. 17/2 The great feather of a bird called a pen feather, penna.

1698 E. Lhuyd Let. 10 Mar. in J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (1713) ii. iv. 192 How happens it..that we find none..of their Pen-feathers?

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados ix. 254 These [sc. stalks of a seaweed] are about four Inches high, each exactly resembling a small blunt-pointed Pen-feather, whose Plumes are wet, and separated.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed Introd., in Tales Crusaders I. p. xxiv Take care your own pen-feathers are strong enough to support you.

1899 Daily News 19 Aug. 7/5 Pen-feathers are seen on cycling hats.

2. English regional (northern and midlands). An undeveloped feather. Cf. pen n.³ 1c, pinfeather n.

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the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > ungrown feather

pinfeather?1680

pen1810

stob-feather1825

stub-feather1847

pen-feather1849

1849 F. T. Dinsdale Gloss. Provinc. Words Teesdale Pen-feather, a feather that has not arrived at maturity, and has the quill bloody and unripe.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 190/1 Pen-feathers, small, undeveloped feathers.

a1903 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 466/1 [South Nottinghamshire] ‘A don't like pluckin this fowl; it's all pen-feathers’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pen-feather
释义	pen-feathern. Brit. /ˈpɛnˌfɛðə/, U.S. /ˈpɛnˌfɛðər/ Forms: see pen n.³ and feather n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.³, feather n. Etymology: < pen n.³ + feather n. Compare slightly earlier pen-feathered adj., and (with sense 2) pinfeather n. †1. A quill feather of a bird's wing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > feather(s) on > primary feather(s) flags1486 pinion feather1486 pinion1545 pen-feather1602 quill feather1678 remexa1705 flight1735 flight-feather1735 primary1776 rower1835 remicle1887 pen plume1899 1602 Withal's Dict. 17/2 The great feather of a bird called a pen feather, penna. 1698 E. Lhuyd Let. 10 Mar. in J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (1713) ii. iv. 192 How happens it..that we find none..of their Pen-feathers? 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados ix. 254 These [sc. stalks of a seaweed] are about four Inches high, each exactly resembling a small blunt-pointed Pen-feather, whose Plumes are wet, and separated. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed Introd., in Tales Crusaders I. p. xxiv Take care your own pen-feathers are strong enough to support you. 1899 Daily News 19 Aug. 7/5 Pen-feathers are seen on cycling hats. 2. English regional (northern and midlands). An undeveloped feather. Cf. pen n.³ 1c, pinfeather n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > ungrown feather pinfeather?1680 pen1810 stob-feather1825 stub-feather1847 pen-feather1849 1849 F. T. Dinsdale Gloss. Provinc. Words Teesdale Pen-feather, a feather that has not arrived at maturity, and has the quill bloody and unripe. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 190/1 Pen-feathers, small, undeveloped feathers. a1903 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 466/1 [South Nottinghamshire] ‘A don't like pluckin this fowl; it's all pen-feathers’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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