quill (redirected from quill suture technique)

quill: see pen.

---

quill

1. 

a. any of the large stiff feathers of the wing or tail of a bird

b. the long hollow central part of a bird's feather; calamus

2. any of the stiff hollow spines of a porcupine or hedgehog

3. a device, formerly usually made from a crow quill, for plucking a harpsichord string

4. Angling a length of feather barb stripped of barbules and used for the body of some artificial flies

5. a small roll of bark, esp one of dried cinnamon

6. (in weaving) a bobbin or spindle

7. Engineering a hollow shaft that rotates upon an inner spindle or concentrically about an internal shaft
wwww.handcraftersvillage.com/quilling.htm

---

quill [kwil]

(design engineering)

A hollow shaft into which another shaft is inserted in mechanical devices.

(textiles)

A shaft or spool on which filling yarn is wound before insertion into a shuttle.

(vertebrate zoology)

The hollow, horny shaft of a large stiff wing or tail feather.