Wiktionary
feathered; covered or augmented with feathers. v
(en-past of: befeather)
Usage examples of "befeathered".
Then came archers of the guard, shrill-voiced women of the camp, English pages with their fair skins and blue wondering eyes, dark-robed friars, lounging men-at-arms, swarthy loud-tongued Gascon serving-men, seamen from the river, rude peasants of the Medoc, and becloaked and befeathered squires of the court, all jostling and pushing in an ever-changing, many-colored stream, while English, French, Welsh, Basque, and the varied dialects of Gascony and Guienne filled the air with their babel.
They were lurching up and down these benches, pursuing and capturing screaming, befeathered fugitives.
But before the interpreter could go forward with the message, a befeathered Mexica standing on a huge litter borne by a dozen men began to speak.
And there ensued scenes as frenzied as any that ever enlivened farce or mime: a bouncing blue bottom, a bouncing bared breast, a bouncing blonde wig, a bouncing biggest snake, and a bouncing befeathered boy.
That splendid figure upon the great thoat might be John Carter, himself, Warlord of Barsoom, and behind him utan after utan of the veterans of the empire, and then the girl opened her eyes again and saw the host of painted, befeathered barbarians, and sighed.
He felt scarcely enough strength to swing at one more befeathered savage, but they were countless beyond the rim of his shield, all hammering and thrusting at him and pressing him farther into the shallows.
But here where the befeathered pole stood atop this high burial mound was a height that seemed as if made for viewing those distant massifs.
The king did not know much about the religion of Old Wales, but stories of Christ, of Resurrection, and Eternal Reward had been passed down through the generations and he remembered them, though vaguely, with conviction enough to scoff at the superstitions of these befeathered little brown men.
Having painted, greased, and befeathered themselves, the Indians mustered for the grand council which always preceded the opening of the market.