quill

nounB2 · Upper-intermediate

A long stiff feather used for writing in old times.

Meanings of «quill»

1 · noun

a long stiff feather used for writing in old times

The writer dipped the quill into dark ink.

2 · noun

one of the sharp spines on a porcupine or hedgehog

A porcupine's quill can stick painfully into skin.

Similar: spine spikebarb

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