feathered

a. 1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent. Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Her.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft. [ 1913 Webster ]