Spadona
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A wing feather from a juvenile ostrich.
"An assorted case may contain fifty bundles of white feathers—some only of which will be perfectly long, full-tipped specimens—and perhaps 200 bundles of the qualities and shades known as Femina, Byocks, Spadona, Boos, and drab, together with the beautifully rich and silky black."
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More examples"An assorted case may contain fifty bundles of white feathers—some only of which will be perfectly long, full-tipped specimens—and perhaps 200 bundles of the qualities and shades known as Femina, Byocks, Spadona, Boos, and drab, together with the beautifully rich and silky black."
Etymology
From Italian spadone (“large sword”). Doublet of espadon.
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