Definition of "war-eagle" [war-eagle]

• The golden eagle: so called because its feathers are used by North American Indian warriors in decorating their bodies, weapons, and garments. See eagle. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "She found herself wondering, with a strange jealousy, if any of her maids had ever led this war-eagle into her palace."
• "The feathers of the canieu or war-eagle, and the painted vulture, towered above her head no more, and gone from her shoulder was the emblem of the race over which she had borne rule, the bow and the arrow."
• "If you saw a piece of gorgeously dyed wampum, or a robe curiously plaited of the bark of the mulberry, or the feathers of the canieu or war-eagle, you needed not ask who did it -- you might be sure it was Menana."