1856 5 Jan. 1/1 To put forward a plausible peace ‘feeler’ at present, could do no great harm to the projects of Napoleon the Third.
1918 Sept. 52/1 This opening remark of mine should not be construed as a pro-German peace feeler.
1984 G. H. Clarfield & W. M. Wiecek iii. 63 In official circles,..Japanese peace feelers counted for little.