Lewis Short
(verb) : plūmo, āvi, ātum, 1, and n. pluma.
* Act.
* To cover with feathers, to feather (poet. and post-Aug.): plumato corpore corvus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114: molli plumatā lanugine,Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117: plumare se in avem,i. e. to transform,App. M. 3, p. 138, 18.
* Neutr., to put forth or get feathers, to become fledged (postclass.): pullis jam jam plumantibus,Gell. 2, 29.
* To cover with scales (post-class.): loricae plumatae,Just. 41, 2, 15.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary