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Feather boa

//ˌfɛðə(ɹ)ˈbəʊə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A decorative scarf made of feathers, either real or synthetic.

    "Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas."

  2. 2
    a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur wordnet
  3. 3
    A lessoniaceous kelp of species Egregia menziesii, found in intertidal water along the western coastline of North America.

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