To cover a person in sticky tar, then covered in feathers which stick to the tar. An archaic means of humiliating a person.

A type of knitting yarn or cotton that is supposed to resemble wool.

foolish, scatterbrained

plural of feathering strip

(roofing) One of the tapered wood filler strips placed along the butt ends of old wood shingles to create a relatively smooth surface when reroofing over existing wood shingle roofs.

plural of contour feather

(ornithology) Any feather possessing a central shaft (rachis), usually with vanes composed of barbs.

plural of flight feather

(ornithology) Any asymmetrical feather of the wing or tail of a bird.

plural of feather bed