unfeather
English edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
unfeather (third-person singular simple present unfeathers, present participle unfeathering, simple past and past participle unfeathered)
- To strip of feathers.
- (aviation) To disengage the controls that rotate the blades of a propeller perpendicular to the axis of the propeller.
- unfeather the propeller
References edit
- “unfeather”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.