cock feather
English
Alternative forms
- cock-feather, cockfeather
Noun
cock feather (plural cock feathers)
- One of the feathers on an arrow that is placed at right angles to the nock on the bow, usually having a different color than the other feathers so that it is easily identified.
- 2011, Sam Fadala, Traditional Archery, page 147:
- Reverse the arrow on the shelf of the bow so that the cock feather, which normally faces outward, is now up against the riser in full contact.
- 2012, Jak. E. Rander, An Eye for an Eye, page 133:
- He took an arrow from the quiver, which he turned in his fingers, then placed the nock into the string with the cock feather away from his hand.
- 2014, Brian J. Sorrells, Guide to the Longbow, page 109:
- Most longbow shooters I know, myself included, nock the arrow with the cock feather facing away from the bow.
- The tailfeather of a cock.
- 1945, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, The Making of Russia, page 41:
- A big, burly country squire, with red shaven cheeks, in a green jacket and a green hat with a cock feather, walks around, looks at everything severely.
- 1978, Room of One's Own - Volume 4, page 157:
- She wore a pale, irridescent dress with a cock feather hat and a tiny crystal heart on a chain.
- 2016, Timothy Cheek, Jenufa: Translations and Pronunciation, page 28:
- Technically, an engaged man could still wear a kosířek, the white cock feather in his hat meant to impress girls and prove his masculinity, but as soon as he was married he would remove the feather.