unfeather

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ feather

Verb[edit]

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

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

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