Replume
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To plume again or differently. transitive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From re- + plume.
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