pluming

verb

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

noun

1. The act by which something is plumed.

   “If their secluded hearts ventured even in thought towards the plumings natural to their age, their coarse, homely, ill-fitting garments anathematized any coquettish effort or naive expression of a desire to find favor.”