feather-rib

Updated: May 28, 2025

He first glued them on, then made a lashing for half an inch on the projecting ends of the feather-rib, and another behind, carrying this second lashing back to the beginning of the notch to guard against the wood splitting. When he had trimmed all loose ends and rolled the waxed thread well on the bench with a flat stick, the threads seemed to disappear and leave simply a smooth black ring.

Ernest Thompson Seton - Two Little Savages : Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned