- quill⇄noun 1. a large, strong flight feather.
2. the hollow stem of a feather.
Ex. Each main shaft or quill sprouts forth some 600 dowls or barbs on either side to form the familiar vane of the feather (Atlantic).
3. anything made from the - quill⇄quill, noun, verb.
- quill⇄v.i. to wind thread or yarn on a quill.
Ex. The big textile machinery maker is boosting the loom winders as equipment which brings an ""entirely new concept"" to fabric production--integration of the quilling process with the loom (Wall Street Jou - quill⇄v.t. to pleat (as fabric or garments) into small, cylindrical folds resembling quills.