feathering

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of feather

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Plumage.
2. (countable, uncountable)A feathered texture.

   “The whole flower is very small; the tube is faintly marked with lilac lines; the petals are concave, the three outer white, marked with three lines, the middle one narrow, without featherings, the outer ones broader, and neatly feathered […]”

3. (countable, uncountable)The fitting of feathers to arrows.
4. (countable, uncountable)An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.
5. (countable, uncountable)Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.