Obs. Forms: 1 felðerhama, -homa, 2 feþerhome, 5 Sc. fetherham, fethrame, 6 Sc. fedderame, fed(d)rem, -rum, fethreme. [OE. feðer-hama, f. feþer FEATHER sb. + hama a covering.] A covering or appendage of feathers; plumage, wings.
a. 800. Corpus Gloss., 1984. Talaria feðrhoman.
a. 1000. Cædmon’s Gen., 670 (Gr.). Geseo ic him his englas ymbe hweorfan mid feðerhaman.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 81. Her he uette feþer-home and wenge.
c. 1470. Hardyng, Chron., XXV. iii.
| And afterward a Fetherham he dight, | |
| To flye with wynges as he could beest descerne. |
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IV. v. 93. Slyd with thi feddrame, to ȝone Troiane prence.
1570. Sempill Ball., xiii. (1872), 77.
| And tak tho feddrum of the Craw | |
| In syne of wo and dolour. |
1606. Birnie, Kirk-Buriall (1833), 23. It wold make our craw-down fedrum fal.
