Definition of "ostrich-plume" [ostrich-plume]

• A plume of an ostrich; an ostrich-feather; specifically, one of the quill-feathers of the wings or tail. (noun)
• A name of Aglaophenia struthionides, one of the plumularian hydromedusans. See Aglaophenia. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Well, it was hard lines on her, but duty called, so I just popped my head round her door to call a chaste farewell - and there she was, dammit, reclining languorously on the coverlet like one of those randy classical goddesses, wearing nothing but the big ostrich-plume fan I'd brought her from Egypt, and her sniggering maid turning the lamp down low."
• "He described the ostrich-plume hat, the blue wool cloak, my green cape, and my beaded slippers."
• "A waving ostrich-plume — a buckler burnished bright;"