feathering

Plumage.

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 […]

The fitting of feathers to arrows.

An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.

Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.