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cock feather
noun
- archery the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock Compare shaft feather
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He wore a cock feather over his ear, and on his head a diadem set with enormous gems.
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Not bad for a smart little English hat with a little curled cock feather on it, was it?
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It had brown wings, a dark body, and a piece of jungle-cock feather, and it was fastened to a sea-trout casting-line.
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Placing the cock feather next the bow diverts the arrow to the left and causes it to drop lower on the target.
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Having put a drop of glue on the ribbon immediately above the nock and behind the cock feather, I affix a little white glass bead.
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