plumage

noun

1. (collective, countable, noun, uncountable)Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.

   “In some few cases the young in their first plumage differ from each other according to sex; the young males resembling more or less closely the adult males, and the young females more or less closely the adult females.”

   “Somewhat like a heron she was, but stouter, and shorter of leg, and her beak shorter and thicker than the heron’s; and so long and delicate was her pale gray plumage that hard it was to say whether it were hair or feathers.”

   “[Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Finery or elaborate dress.