Definition of crow quill in English:

1A quill pen made from a large feather of a crow's wing, formerly used for fine writing.

1. 1.1also crow-quill pen A small, fine pen for map drawing.
   （绘制地图的）细笔
   Example sentencesExamples

   • I know what it takes in time and effort to fill that space with a crow-quill pen.
   • I use the ‘old style’ drawing tools: a crow-quill pen which is dipped into a bottle of ink and then scratched on the paper.
   • After which they picked up their crow quill pens and resumed scratching away at the parchment ledger books.
   • His technique includes two styles - a fine-line application using a crow-quill pen and a bold-line applied by mechanical pen.
   • Throughout his career, Millar remained true to the old school of cartoonists: All of his drawings were done with crow-quill pens and were hand-lettered.