unfeather

English

Etymology

Verb

unfeather (third-person singular simple present unfeathers, present participle unfeathering, simple past and past participle unfeathered)

To strip of feathers.
(aviation) To disengage the controls that rotate the blades of a propeller perpendicular to the axis of the propeller.
unfeather the propeller

References

“unfeather”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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