Meaning of cockfeather | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Feather on an arrow.
2. Tailfeather of a cock.

Examples

“Fearing the action of the wind upon such light⟳ shafts if unfledged, the archer inserts into the cloven end⟳ three or four feathers, the cockfeather being as in Europe perpendicular when the arrow is notched.”

“Put⟳ the arrow-nock on the string, at the place⟳ marked for it, with the cockfeather out to the left.”

“When you nock the arrow in the bowstring, turn⟳ it so the cockfeather is away from the bow to prevent⟳ its being damaged when passing the bow.”

“The human hair ornament on this man's shoulders is old, but the cockfeather ornaments on his wrist and ankles appear⟳ to be a late innovation.”

“Zehetner carried his head higher, and on his hat he wore a cockfeather.”

“His flat velvet cap, plum-coloured, is plumed with a great cockfeather, more bailiff than butcher.”

“The Hungarian shaman pins a cockfeather in his hair to facilitate his journey to the “other world.””

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