marabou

noun

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mar·a·bou | \ ˈmer-ə-ˌbü

, ˈma-rə- \

variants: or less commonly marabout

Definition of marabou

1a : a soft feathery fluffy material prepared from turkey feathers or the coverts of marabous and used especially for trimming women's hats or clothes

b marabou : a large dark gray African stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) that has a distensible pouch of pink skin at the front of the neck and feeds especially on carrion

— called also marabou stork

2a : silk composed of several twisted threads that is dyed before the sericin has been removed

b : a fabric made of this silk

Examples of marabou in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While that makes the fishing difficult, the Rocky River is still open enough to catch some of the dynamic trout on a small fly or marabou jig tipped with maggots or waxworms. — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2022 Fishermen are casting spoons and spinners and hooking trout, and working dime-sized spawn bags under a float, as well as small, black marabou jigs tipped with maggots and waxworms. — cleveland, 4 Nov. 2021 Style and stardom collided in a conflagration of marabou, lace and lamé bathed in pink and purple marquee lights. — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2021 Dressed in Gucci’s sparkles and marabou and velvet, regular people, too, have the capacity to deliver fashion that is transporting. — Washington Post, 12 May 2021 A week ago, said Moore, black marabou jigs with green, chartreuse or orange heads were the best at luring trout to bite. — cleveland, 21 Jan. 2021 It is made almost entirely of supple marabou and therefore moves beautifully in the water. — Field & Stream, 13 Oct. 2020 Soft plastic, Mylar, chenille, bucktail, or marabou? — Bob Mcnally, Field & Stream, 22 May 2020 His coats are a patchwork of fabrics and colors; his dresses are adorned with the artful compositions of the Japanese ceramist Takuro Kuwata; marabou hats fluttered as models walked. — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2020 See More

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