Definitions

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  • adjective Decked with feathers.

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  • adjective Decked with feathers.

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Examples

  • There she was, in a high-crowned, beplumed hat, and tailored white dress with a shoulder cape, at her uncle's side on the ship's bridge, looking at the throng who had come to greet them.

    The Return of Madame Royale, April 1814 elena maria vidal 2009

  • The country would be in the grip of a military caste—the monocled, beplumed, sword-bearing Junkers.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • The country would be in the grip of a military caste—the monocled, beplumed, sword-bearing Junkers.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • The country would be in the grip of a military caste—the monocled, beplumed, sword-bearing Junkers.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • The country would be in the grip of a military caste—the monocled, beplumed, sword-bearing Junkers.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • The country would be in the grip of a military caste—the monocled, beplumed, sword-bearing Junkers.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • She was naked except for a beplumed helmet, armbands, anklets and a girdle of colored ostrich feathers and she sprawled upon the silken cushions with her limbs thrown about in voluptuous abandon.

    The Moon of Skulls Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • The old with broken lances, and in helmets which had lost their vizards — the young in armour bright which shone like gold, beplumed with each gay feather of the east — all — all tilting at it like fascinated knights in tournaments of yore for fame and love.

    The Common Reader, Second Series 2004

  • Her beplumed hat floated in a pool of disfiguring water, her long suede gloves lay in a ditch and her white satin wedding slippers, alas, hung by their tiny heels at the top of a tree in a neighboring township, the only tree in the entire surrounding county, put there, in all probability, to catch and hold them for her.

    The Way of the Wind Zoe Anderson Norris

  • This, in turn, was quelled, and a curious quiet reigned again as the deputies from the nobles made their appearance in their rich dress, with cloak gold-faced, white silk stockings, and beplumed hat.

    Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe

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