feathering

Meanings

Plural: featherings

Noun

• turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
• Plumage.
• A feathered texture.
• The fitting of feathers to arrows.
• An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.
• Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.

Verb

• join tongue and groove, in carpentry
• cover or fit with feathers
• turn the paddle; in canoeing
• turn the oar, while rowing
• grow feathers
• present participle and gerund of feather

Synonyms

feather, fledge, square