- any of three large storks of the genus Leptoptilus, of Africa or the East Indies, having soft, downy feathers under the wings and tail that are used for making a furlike trimming for women's hats and garments.
- one of the feathers.
- the trimming or material made of the feathers.
- thrown silk that can be dyed without being scoured.
- a large black-and-white African carrion-eating stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, with a very short naked neck and a straight heavy bill
- a down feather of this bird, used to trim garments
- a fine white raw silk
- fabric made of this
