Associations to the word «Feathering»

Wiktionary

FEATHERING, verb. Present participle of feather
FEATHERING, noun. A feathered texture.
FEATHERING STRIP, noun. (roofing) One of the tapered wood filler strips placed along the butt ends of old wood shingles to create a relatively smooth surface when reroofing over existing wood shingle roofs.
FEATHERING STRIPS, noun. Plural of feathering strip

Dictionary definition

FEATHERING, noun. Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope