white-feathered
/ˌwʌɪtˈfɛðəd/adjective
1Especially of domestic poultry: having white feathers.
2Designating a coward; cowardly.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Leonard Mascall (d. 1589), translator and author. From white + feathered.
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