ppl. a.
1340–70. Alisaunder, 269. Well feþered flon floungen aboute.
1591. Spenser, Visions Bellay, xi. A Bird all white, well feathered on each wing.
1639. Fuller, Holy War, II. x. (1640), 58. And herein he discovered his want of judgement, being indeed like an arrow well-feathered, but with a blunt pile; he flew swift, but did not sink deep.
1671. Woodhead, St. Teresa, I. xiii. 75. Like some young Bird, not so well-feathered.
1855. Poultry Chron., II. 419. Short, well-feathered legs.
