quill pen

• 用大型鸟类的羽毛制成的书写工具，通常为鹅毛或天鹅毛，尖端削尖并开缝以储存墨水。在金属笔尖和钢笔发明之前，它是主要的书写工具。

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.

1. Writing instrumentB2formal

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

   羽毛笔

   • 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.