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Meanings of quill feather in English

Portuguese
pluma
Catalan
rèmige

Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird.

        pluma
        Usage of quill feather in English
        1
        House Fly,-lark'squill feather,-lightbrown silk,-ribbed with dark Ostrich herl for body,-legs grizzled hackle.
        The Teesdale Angler
        2
        With a brush or quill feather go all over the ham with beaten yolk of egg.
        Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
        3
        Dun Midge,-lightestpart of a Thrush's quill feather,-paleyellow silk, ribbed with light orange,-legs yellow hackle.
        The Teesdale Angler
        4
        Twitchbell-inside of lightest part of Starling's quill feather for wings, brown hackle for legs, brown Peacock's herl for body.
        The Teesdale Angler
        5
        Pale Blue-light part of Starling's quill feather for wings, pale yellow silk for body, pale yellow dun hackle for legs and tail.
        The Teesdale Angler
        6
        The upper side of their quill feathers is a dark-blue tinged with black.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
        7
        Red Ant-Lark's Quill feather for wings, cock Pheasant's herl from tail for body, red hackle for legs.
        The Teesdale Angler
        8
        The spread of the wings, which are composed of seventeen or eighteen quill feathers, is three feet and a half.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        9
        When all the packets are thus prepared (it is only the quill feathers that require the razor) then we may begin.
        Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
        10
        It has a black horse-shoe on the breast, the belly being white, and the quill feathers are grey with a small brown spot on each.
        Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
        11
        About July the old teals moult, and, losing for a time their quill feathers, they are unable to fly, though able to walk and swim.
        Chatterbox, 1905.
        12
        Fourteen long quill feathers diverge on each side of the metacarpal and phalangial bones, and decrease in length from 6 inches to 1 inch.
        The Antiquity of Man
        Translations for quill feather
        Portuguese
        plumapena
        Catalan
        rèmige