quill pen

• Instrumento de escrita feito de uma pena grande de ave, geralmente de ganso ou cisne, com a ponta cortada e fendida para reter tinta. Foi o principal instrumento de escrita até a invenção da pena metálica e da caneta-tinteiro.

A writing instrument made from a large bird's feather, typically a goose or swan feather, with the tip sharpened and split to hold ink. It was the primary writing tool before the invention of the metal nib and fountain pen.

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   A writing tool made from a large bird's feather, typically a goose or swan, with the tip sharpened and split to hold ink.

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   • The author wrote his manuscript with a quill pen.
   • In the museum, they displayed a quill pen used in the 18th century.
   • She dipped the quill pen into the inkwell before writing.