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What (who) is slip feather - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
SLIP; The slip; The Slip; Slip (disambiguation); The Slip (disambiguation)
Slip coach
RAIL PASSENGER CAR DETACHED FROM TRAIN WHILE STILL MOVING AT SPEED
Slip carriage; Slip-coach; Slipcoach; Slip coaches
A slip coach, slip carriage or slip portion in Britain and Ireland, also known as a flying switch in North America, is one or more carriages designed to be uncoupled from the rear of a moving train. The detached portion continued under its own momentum following the main train until slowed by its own guard using the brakes, bringing the slip to a stop, usually at the next station.
barbule
![''[[Archaeopteryx lithographica]]'' (Berlin specimen)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Archaeopteryx lithographica (Berlin specimen).jpg?width=200 "''[[Archaeopteryx lithographica]]'' (Berlin specimen)")
![Rictal bristles of a [[white-cheeked barbet]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BarbetRictalBristle.jpg?width=200 "Rictal bristles of a [[white-cheeked barbet]]")
![[[Pomo]] [[fully feathered basket]] curated at the Jesse Peter Multicultural Museum, Santa Rosa College](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fully feathered basket Santa Roas College.jpg?width=200 "[[Pomo]] [[fully feathered basket]] curated at the Jesse Peter Multicultural Museum, Santa Rosa College")
![A contour feather from a [[Guinea fowl]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GuineaFeather.jpg?width=200 "A contour feather from a [[Guinea fowl]]")
![Feather structure of a [[blue-and-yellow macaw]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Parrot-feather.jpg?width=200 "Feather structure of a [[blue-and-yellow macaw]]")
![Imperial Regalia]]. Detail from a painting by [[Pedro Américo]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pedro Américo - D. Pedro II na abertura da Assembléia Geral (cropped).jpg?width=200 "Imperial Regalia]]. Detail from a painting by [[Pedro Américo]]")
![Colors resulting from different feather pigments<br />'''Left:''' [[turacin]] (red) and [[turacoverdin]] (green, with some structural blue [[iridescence]] at lower end) on the wing of ''[[Tauraco bannermani]]''<br />'''Right:''' [[carotenoid]]s (red) and [[melanin]]s (dark) on belly/wings of ''[[Ramphocelus bresilius]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red feather pigments.jpg?width=200 "Colors resulting from different feather pigments<br />'''Left:''' [[turacin]] (red) and [[turacoverdin]] (green, with some structural blue [[iridescence]] at lower end) on the wing of ''[[Tauraco bannermani]]''<br />'''Right:''' [[carotenoid]]s (red) and [[melanin]]s (dark) on belly/wings of ''[[Ramphocelus bresilius]]''")
BODY-COVERING STRUCTURE OF SOME DINOSAURS INCLUDING BIRDS
Feathers; Feather (bird anatomy); Dyck texture; Barbule; Barb (feather); Pterylae; Feather tract; Filoplume; Barbicel; Pterylosis; Pterylography; Feathery; Evolution of the feather; Plumology; Evolutionary origin of feathers; Bird feather; 🪶
['b?:bju:l]
¦ noun a minute filament projecting from the barb of a feather.
Origin
C19: from L. barbula, dimin. of barba 'beard'.
feather
BODY-COVERING STRUCTURE OF SOME DINOSAURS INCLUDING BIRDS
Feathers; Feather (bird anatomy); Dyck texture; Barbule; Barb (feather); Pterylae; Feather tract; Filoplume; Barbicel; Pterylosis; Pterylography; Feathery; Evolution of the feather; Plumology; Evolutionary origin of feathers; Bird feather; 🪶
¦ noun
1. any of the flat appendages growing from a bird's skin, consisting of a partly hollow horny shaft fringed with vanes of barbs.
2. (feathers) a fringe of long hair on the legs of a dog, horse, or other animal.
¦ verb
1. rotate the blades of (a propeller) about their own axes in such a way as to lessen the air or water resistance.
Rowing turn (an oar) so that it passes through the air edgeways.
2. [as adjective feathered] covered or decorated with feathers.
3. float or move like a feather.
Phrases
a feather in one's cap an achievement to be proud of.
feather one's (own) nest make money selfishly or opportunistically.
Derivatives
featheriness noun
featherless adjective
feathery adjective
Origin
OE fether, of Gmc origin.
