replume

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ plume.

Verb

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replume (third-person singular simple present replumes, present participle repluming, simple past and past participle replumed)

  1. (transitive) To plume again or differently.
    • 2015 October 27, “Betty Crocker’s Absurd, Gorgeous Atomic-Age Creations”, in New York Times[1]:
      In around 1350, Taillevent recorded a peacock cooked and replumed in its plumage, and in 1390 a cookbook gave instructions for half a suckling pig sewn to a half capon, the whole lacquered silver and gold.