Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The feathers on an arrow.
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- verb Present participle of
fletch . - noun attaching
fins , such as halved-feathers to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight; - noun the fins or feathers so attached.
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Examples
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I used to like the prong rests because it was simple but the helical fletching is a problem so i switched to the ripcord and never looked back.
Beginning Bowhunting 2009
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I used to like the prong rests because it was simple but the helical fletching is a problem so i switched to the ripcord and never looked back.
Beginning Bowhunting 2009
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The eagle clutches an olive branch in the right claw and three arrows in the left, though fletching is shown for only two of the three arrowheads.
Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Motto, With Drapery, Arrows, 1873-1874 : Coin Guide 2009
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For arrow I shoot Easton Axis arrows 400 9.8 gpi [29 inch arrows] W/2 in fletching.
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The fletching is a row of feathers, usually short, trimmed one-sided wing feathers, glued to the base end like on an arrow.
SurvivalBlog.com Rawles James Wesley 2010
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Grabbed the bow and set up at 40 yards ... one shot went high over the target, when I went to get the first group, I realized that I had inadvertently hit a tree frog that was perched on the target with the fletching of the stray arrow - is there a Pope and Young frog class???
Field & Stream 2009
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I noticed to test for speed, with the chronograph, the arrow didn't have fletching.
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But, to test for accuracy it appeared they had Blazer fletching on the arrow.
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Never recovered the deer, but got a call from one of the ranch hands claiming to see a 150 class buck with a green fletching sticking out of his shoulder, perfectly healthy.
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Never recovered the deer, but got a call from one of the ranch hands claiming to see a 150 class buck with a green fletching sticking out of his shoulder, perfectly healthy.
patiomensch commented on the word fletching
This word is familiar to anyone who's read Chuck Palahniuk's INVISIBLE MONSTERS. There is confusion at the dinner table.
April 14, 2007