Basic Guidelines For English Spellings
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1A feather from a hen, used especially for stuffing bedding, to ornament clothing, or as a lure in fly fishing.
2Archery
On a three-fletched arrow: either of the two identically-coloured fletchings that sit at angles to the cock feather.
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in William Ellis (c1700–1758), agriculturist and writer. From hen + feather.