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French
Noun
petit-noir m (plural petits-noirs)
- black feather obtained from a male ostrich (which has been used for the panache of a bonnet)
- Coordinate term: petit-gris
1738, Joseph Du Fresne de Francheville, editor, Histoire generale et particuliere des finances: où l'on voit l'origine, l'etablissement, la perception & la régie de toutes les impositions, volume II: Histoire de Tarif de 1664, Paris: De Bure l’aîné, 58. Plumes d’Autruches GB, page 780: