plumage, n.m., plumage, feathers.
*plumail, n.m., feather-broom. V. plumet or plumeau.
plumasseau, n.m., quill (for harpsichords); feather (of arrows); (surg.) pledget; feather-broom, duster.
plumasserie (-ma-srî), n.f., feather-trade.
plumassier, n.m., feather-merchant (dresser, or seller).
plume, n.f., feather, plume, quill, pen. — d’acier; steel pen. Tailler une —; to mend, to cut a pen. Mettre la main à la —; to take pen in hand. Se laisser aller au courant de la —; to write off-hand. — de corbeau; crow-quill. La belle — fait le bel oiseau; fine feathers make fine birds. Il est au poil et à la —; he is fit for anything; fit as a fiddle. Il y a laissé de ses —s; he has been stripped of his feathers. Passer la — par le bec à quelqu’un; to baffle any one. La fente d’une —; the slit of a pen. Le bec d’une —; the nib of a pen. Une bonne —; a good penman. Jeter la — au vent; to allow chance to decide. Guerre de —; paper warfare. Une — à son chapeau; a feather in one’s cap.
plumeau, n.m., feather-broom, duster; pen-stand.
plumée, n.f., penful (of ink); plucking goose-feathers; plucking.
plumer, v.a., to pluck, to plume; to fleece. — une volaille; to pluck a fowl. — quelqu’un; to fleece any one; (in rowing) to feather. — la poule sans la faire crier; to fleece the sheep without making it bleat.
plumet, n.m., plume, ostrich feather; feather broom.