The feathering oar returns the gleam.
Tickell.
Stopping his sculls in the air to feather accurately.
Macmillan's Mag.
4. To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to
appear in feathery form.
A clump of ancient cedars feathering in evergreen beauty down to
the ground.
Warren.
The ripple feathering from her bows.
Tennyson.