DCHP-1 Online
feather North 
n. (used attributively) of articles of clothing made by the Eskimos from bird skins.
- 1578 (1889) [They haue also some garments of feathers, being made of the cases of Foules, finely sowed and compact togither.]
- 1942 In winter, the islanders all wear two separate feather parkas, the inner one with feathers next to the body, the outer one with the feathers outside to shed the rain and snow.
- 1947 It didn't take me long to slip into my caribou-skin parka and feather pants. . . .
- 1578 (1889) [They haue also some garments of feathers, being made of the cases of Foules, finely sowed and compact togither.]