featherwise

English

Etymology

From feather +‎ -wise.

Adverb

featherwise (not comparable)

1. Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
   • 1883, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, page 384:

     A cavity can be seen in them, and also that they are made of fibres arranged featherwise.

   • 1888, The Monthly Chronicle of North-country Lore and Legend, page 74:

     […] the interior is also of ashlar work, formed of thin stones, laid tier above tier, slanting, and covering each other featherwise.