wear the bull's feather



wear the bull's feather

To have an adulterous wife; to be cuckolded. The cuckold is traditionally associated with horns, and a "bull's feather" was once a term for a horn. I never thought I would wear the bull's feather, but it's true—my wife cheated on me.
See also: feather, wear

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Noor (1)NOOR (Arabic)Arabic, Urdu
Rozalija-Lithuanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Theofania-Greek
Alston['ɔ:lstən]
Cormag-Scottish
WillardWIL-ərdEnglish