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fletch

verb
\ ˈflech How to pronounce fletch (audio) \
fletched; fletching; fletches

Definition of fletch

Examples of fletch in a Sentence

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Most shoulder bows and arrows fletched with chicken feathers. The Economist, "Stone-carving villagers make Indian officials jittery," 7 June 2018 Standing in the clearing is a boy holding a child-size bow and arrows fletched with black feathers. National Geographic, "The Anthropologist and His Old Friend, Who Became a Jaguar," 18 May 2016 Standing in the clearing is a boy holding a child-size bow and arrows fletched with black feathers. National Geographic, "The Anthropologist and His Old Friend, Who Became a Jaguar," 18 May 2016

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First Known Use of fletch

circa 1656, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for fletch

back-formation from fletcher

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