What does quill mean?

n. A big feather from a bird's wing or tail.; A pen made from a large bird feather.; A long, sharp, stiff part of a porcupine.

quill

🇺🇸 /kwɪl/ 🇬🇧 /kwɪl/

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noun

A big feather from a bird's wing or tail.

She found a beautiful quill on her walk and decided to keep it.

A pen made from a large bird feather.

Before modern pens, people wrote with a quill dipped in ink.

A long, sharp, stiff part of a porcupine.

The porcupine's quill can be very sharp, so it's important to be careful.

A big feather from a bird's wing or tail.; A pen made from a large bird feather.; A long, sharp, stiff part of a porcupine.

Plural quills