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单词 kiwi feather
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Definition of kiwi feather in English:

kiwi feather

noun
  • A feather from a kiwi used in making or decorating items of Maori ceremonial dress.

    they still treasure cloaks made with kiwi feathers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Moments earlier he was presented with a traditional, ceremonial coat (a korowai), made of flax and kiwi feathers, while others did a fearsome haka dance wearing traditional Maori dress.
    • An early 19th century Maori costume, a Black Tag mantle whose kiwi feather and parrot breast red feather border indicates it was worn by a person of rank, has a price tag of £3,200.
    • The Times says a 17th century tapestry, the Onslow's library, a collection of porcelain birds, paintings of the stately home's founders and a cloak of kiwi feathers are believed lost, as is a football which was kicked across no man's land at the start of the Battle of the Somme.
    • A korowai cloak made with kiwi feathers was draped around the shoulders of the 27 -year-old when he arrived at the Supreme Court building covered in an intricate bronze screen depicting native trees.
    • Both of them are made of kiwi feathers.
    • The mottled, round star cloud just to the north is a perfect match for the dense but fine coat of Kiwi feathers.
    • Its feathers are valued in weaving kahukiwi (kiwi feather cloak) for people of high rank.
    • During this epic tour, the Queen acquired a rather tired-looking Maori cloak of brown kiwi feathers, a symbol of chieftainship which she still wears when in New Zealand, and several fabulous diamond brooches emblematic of the host countries.
    • Others wear stately-looking head-chaplets of brown kiwi feathers.
    • The flag of the Anglican Communion along with Sir Paul's korowai (kiwi feather cloak) will be draped across Sir Paul's headstone.
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