pennage

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English

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Etymology 1

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From pen +‎ -age.

Noun

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pennage (countable and uncountable, plural pennages)

  1. The confining of animals in pens.
  2. A fee paid for the accommodation of animals in pens.

Etymology 2

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From penna +‎ -age, from Latin penna, pinna (wing, feather). Perhaps analogous to French pennage, the same Latinate root and suffix elements having both entered at an earlier stage (cf. Middle English penne, -age).

Noun

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pennage

  1. (obsolete) feathery covering; plumage
    • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book X.] CHAP. XXXII. Of the Halcyones, or Kings-fiſhers: and the daies good for navigation which they ſhew. Of the Sea-guls and Cormorants.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. [], 1st tome, London: [] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 287:
      AND IN THIS REGARD eſpecially, namely for breeding after the ſummer Sunſteed, the Halcyones are of great name and much marked. The very ſeas, and they that ſaile thereupon, know well when they ſit and breed. This very bird ſo notable, is little bigger than a ſparrow: for the more part of her pennage, blew, intermingled yet among with white and purple feathers, having a thin ſmall neck and long withall.

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French

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Etymology

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From penne +‎ -age, from Latin penna, pinna (wing, feather).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɛ.naʒ/ ~ /pe.naʒ/
  • Audio (Lyon):(file)

Noun

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pennage m (plural pennages)

  1. feathery covering; plumage

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