ˈfeather-ˈedged, a.
[f. as prec. + -ed2.]
1. Having one edge thinner than the other, so that the section is wedge-shaped. Also quasi-adv.
| 1703 T. N. City & C. Purchaser 131 That thick feather⁓edg'd-board, generally nail'd round the Eaves of a House. 1713 J. Warder True Amazons (ed. 2) 115 Two Boards slit feather-edg'd will cover the House. 1785 Roy in Phil. Trans. LXXV. 396 Two feather-edged pieces of brass. 1806 A. Young Agric. Essex (1813) I. 198 Mr. Rogers' Norfolk ploughs lay their furrows quite flat; but the Essex ones feather-edged. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. Customs (1821) 282 The officers are to understand that the term feather⁓edged is applicable to such Slabs only as are rendered feather-edged by the natural convexity of the tree. 1861 J. H. Walsh Horse xxxii. 567 The disadvantages..of the feather-edged shoe. |
2. Of ribbons, etc.: Having a tufted edge.