featherable
English
adj
Definitions
- (aeronautics) Of a propeller: capable of having its blades streamlined by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down, so that the propeller does not windmill as the aircraft flies.
Etymology
Suffix from English feather.
Origin
English
feather
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterfeather English
- befeather English
- defeather English
- feather English
- feather duster English
- feather-light English
- featherback English
- featherbed English
- featherbone English
- featherdown English
- featherer English
- featherfoil English
- featherfoot English
- feathergrass English
- featherhead English
- featherless English
- featherlike English
- featherly English
- feathermaker English
- feathermoss English
- feathern English
- featherpate English
- feathersome English
- featherstitch English
- feathertail English
- featherweight English
- featherwork English
- feathery English
- gayfeather English
- midfeather English
- parrotfeather English
- pinfeather English
- protofeather English
- tailfeather English
- unfeather English
- フェザー Japanese
- feþer Middle English
- feather
- feathery
- feathern
- featherly
- befeather
- unfeather
- defeather
- featherer
- gayfeather
- featherbed
- midfeather
- pinfeather
- featherless
- featherpate
- feathermoss
- featherfoot
- featherhead
- featherbone
- featherfoil
- featherwork
- featherlike
- tailfeather
- featherdown
- feathersome
- featherback
- feathertail
- afterfeather
- feathergrass
- feathermaker
- protofeather
- parrotfeather
- feather-light
- featherweight
- featherstitch
- feather duster