feather-edged

A lovely, almost languid, drive over the top of the covers from Hafeez is well stopped by a scurrying Bresnan out near the rope, but a feather-edged clip to leg brings Shafiq his first boundary.

England v Pakistan – as it happened 2010

I began to occupy my house on the 4th of July, as soon as it was boarded and roofed, for the boards were carefully feather-edged and lapped, so that it was perfectly impervious to rain, but before boarding I laid the foundation of a chimney at one end, bringing two cartloads of stones up the hill from the pond in my arms.

Walden 2004

An exception is to be found in the case of a feather-edged shoe, such as is used to prevent cutting or brushing.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

She wove three rows of the narrow, feather-edged taste into each of the flounces, and the effect was very pretty.

Mona Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 1884

The junco impresses me as a fidgety, emphatic, feather-edged sort of bird; the two white quills in its tail which flash out so suddenly on every movement seem to stamp in this impression.

The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

Such a keen, feather-edged, not to say spiteful little body, with the emphasis of those two pairs of white quills in her tail given to every movement, and yet,

The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

Ever since twelve o'clock he had been sitting in a box made of feather-edged boards, which the newspapers called a pavilion, having two little curtains (both of which stuck fast) for his only defence against sun, noise, and dust.

Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War 1862

I began to occupy my house on the 4th of July, as soon as it was boarded and roofed, for the boards were carefully feather-edged and lapped, so that it was perfectly impervious to rain; but before boarding I laid the foundation of a chimney at one end, bringing two cartloads of stones up the hill from the pond in my arms.

Walden, or Life in the woods 1854

I began to occupy my house on the 4thof July, as soon as it was boarded and roofed, for the boards were carefully feather-edged and lapped, so that it was perfectly impervious to rain, but before boarding I laid the foundation of a chimney at one end, bringing two cartloads of stones up the hill from the pond in my arms.

Walden~ Chapter 01 (historical) 1854

I began to occupy my house on the 4th of July, as soon as it was boarded and roofed, for the boards were carefully feather-edged and lapped, so that it was perfectly impervious to rain, but before boarding I laid the foundation of a chimney at one end, bringing two cartloads of stones up the hill from the pond in my arms.

Walden Henry David Thoreau 1839