white feather

white feather

noun

Definition of WHITE FEATHER

: a mark or symbol of cowardice —used chiefly in the phrase show the white feather

Origin of WHITE FEATHER

from the superstition that a white feather in the plumage of a gamecock is a mark of a poor fighter

First Known Use: circa 1785

Rhymes with WHITE FEATHER

aweather, bellwether, buff leather, fair-weather, glove leather, kid leather, pinfeather, shoe-leather, together, untether