Definition of "wing-feather" [wing-feather]

• Any feather of the wing; especially, a wing-quill, flight-feather, or remex. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Did she not know that San Michele lost a wing-feather in the fight, and that it was found in Caltanisetta?"
• ""Does your friend, Mr. Phoby Geen, wear a peewit's wing-feather in his hat?""
• "He was once cast upon an island, where he abode a long while and returning thence to his native country, brought with him the quill of the wing-feather of a young roe, whilst yet unhatched and in the egg; and this quill was big enough to hold a skinful of water, for it is said that the length of the young roe's wing, when it comes forth of the egg, is a thousand fathoms."