unfeather
English
editEtymology
editVerb
editunfeather (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.