goosequill

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English

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Etymology

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From goose +‎ quill.

Noun

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goosequill (plural goosequills)

  1. A quill from a goose used as a pen for writing.
    • 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 40:
      Below this, sat two scrivener monks at two little desks, on which were scrolls of parchment and ink-horns and goose-quill pens.