feather boa en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌfɛðə ˈboːə/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
- /ˌfɛðəɾ ˈboə/ (Scotland)
- /ˌfeðə ˈbəʉə/ (Australia)
- (General-American) audio
- /ˌfɛðə ˈbəʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌfɛðəɹ ˈboʊə/ (General-American)
- /ˌfeðə ˈbɐʉə/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From feather (noun) + boa (noun).
Meanings
-
A boa (“type of long scarf, usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck”) made of feathers, either real or synthetic.
Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
- (broadly) In full feather boa kelp: Egregia menziesii, a lessoniaceous kelp found in intertidal water along the western coastline of North America.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| feather boas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
feather boaed · feather boa kelp
Translations (2)
fi Egregia menziesii -levä (Egregia menziesii) · fi sulkaboa (boa made of feathers)