/fedh"euhrd/ , adj.
1. clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.
2. quick; rapid; speedy; swift: feathered feet.
3. (of a veneer) cut to show a figure resembling a plume.
[ bef. 1000; ME fethered, OE gefetherede, see FEATHER, -ED 3 ]