FEATHERWEIGHT


Meaning of FEATHERWEIGHT in English

n.1 a a weight in certain sports intermediate between bantamweight and lightweight, in the amateur boxing scale 54-7kg but differing for professionals, wrestlers, and weightlifters. b a sportsman of this weight.

2 a very light person or thing.

3 (usu. attrib.) a trifling or unimportant thing.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.