feather boa

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feather boa

/ˌfɛðə ˈbəʊə/ UK
/ˌfɛðəɹ ˈboʊə/ US
/ˌfeðə ˈbəʉə/ Australia
/ˌfeðə ˈbɐʉə/ New Zealand
/ˌfɛðəɾ ˈboə/ Scotland
/ˌfɛðə ˈboːə/ Wales

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From feather (noun) + boa (noun).

noun feather boas

A boa (“type of long scarf, usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck”) made of feathers, either real or synthetic. Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
broadly In full feather boa kelp: Egregia menziesii, a lessoniaceous kelp found in intertidal water along the western coastline of North America.

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@misc{feather_boa_2026,
  title = {feather boa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feather%20boa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}