Feather Boaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From feather (noun) + boa (noun).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌfɛðə ˈbəʊə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌfɛðəɹ ˈboʊə/

• 韻: -əʊə
• ハイフネーション: feath‧er boa

名詞

feather boa (plural feather boas)

1. A boa (“type of long scarf, usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck”) made of feathers, either real or synthetic.
   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

2. (by extension) In full feather boa kelp: Egregia menziesii, a lessoniaceous kelp found in intertidal water along the western coastline of North America.

派生語

• feather boa kelp
• feather boaed

Further reading

• boa (clothing accessory) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Egregia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Egregia menziesii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Egregia menziesii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “feather boa, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2026.
• “feather boa, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.