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fletch

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Word definitions for fletch in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"fit feathers to" (an arrow), 1650s, variant of fledge (v.) in sense "fit (an arrow) with feathers, altered by influence of fletcher . Related: Fletched ; fletching .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fletch is a 1985 American comedy adventure - thriller film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Andrew Bergman and is loosely based on Gregory Mcdonald 's popular Fletch novels. Tim Matheson , Dana Wheeler-Nicholson , Geena Davis and Joe Don Baker ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fletch \Fletch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fletched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fletching .] [F. fl[`e]che arrow.] To feather, as an arrow. --Bp. Warburton. [Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding: ``America loved his brother.'' --Bancroft.

Usage examples of fletch.

When Stavut took the fletching thread to Askari she had looked at it, then at him, and said: All right, I will accept your gift.

As Fletch put the De Soto in gear, he tried not to think about what would happen if a Jap fieldpiece hit the car.

The master bowyer, a stern, grizzled man, was instructing an apprentice in the finer points of fletching as they came in.

Using the second bow, he repeated the feat easily, shaving some of the fletching off the first shaft.

Nocking a second arrow, Alec drew the fletching to his ear and tried again.

Finally he picked up the parchment scrap and the fletching, holding them in each hand as if to weigh one against the other.

Four short-shafted arrows with tan fletching were pegged, headfirst, into the ground in front of her.

The arrow blurred in the air, but Dwyrin could catch the fletching spinning as the shaft leapt toward him.

The second arrow slid into the face of another orc, burying itself to the fletching in an eye socket as the arrowhead crashed through the back of its skull.

He pulled the first one back smoothly, letting the fletching touch his ear as he lined up his shot.

She concentrated on each arrow as she leaned it with fletching upright against the stone wall.

Bailie the Red had an arrow in his cracked and callused bowhand and was stroking the fletching feathers, nodding almost continually.

Remove the head, and it means that the one whose pattern is in the fletching is dead.

Four thin blue bands marked the shaft a thumbs length above the fletching notch.

He knew the mark well and the gray fletching and black cock feather even better.