† fletchadj.

Etymology: compare flig adj., etc.

(Perhaps n. attributive.)

ΚΠ

1704 London Gaz. No. 4044/4 A..Mare about 14 hands and half..with..a long fletch Tail..and well in Case.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

fletchv.

/flɛtʃ/

Etymology: Perhaps a corruption (due to association with fletcher n.) of fledge v. 4; though the latter has not been found earlier than 1796.

transitive. To fit (an arrow) with a feather; to feather. literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > feather an arrow

feather?c1225

wing1606

fletch1656

fledge1796

flight1869

1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 48 in Poems Thy Darts..Soft as the Feathers that they're fletcht withal.

1760 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace ii. x He dips his curses in the gall of irony; and..fletches them with a prophane classical Parody.

1845 J. Saunders Cabinet Pictures of Eng. Life: Chaucer 89 Arrows..fletched with the feathers of the goose.

1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. xliii. 55 They fletched their complaint by adding: ‘America loved his brother’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	fletch
释义	† fletchadj. Etymology: compare flig adj., etc. (Perhaps n. attributive.) ΚΠ 1704 London Gaz. No. 4044/4 A..Mare about 14 hands and half..with..a long fletch Tail..and well in Case. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2019). fletchv. /flɛtʃ/ Etymology: Perhaps a corruption (due to association with fletcher n.) of fledge v. 4; though the latter has not been found earlier than 1796. transitive. To fit (an arrow) with a feather; to feather. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > feather an arrow feather?c1225 wing1606 fletch1656 fledge1796 flight1869 1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 48 in Poems Thy Darts..Soft as the Feathers that they're fletcht withal. 1760 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace ii. x He dips his curses in the gall of irony; and..fletches them with a prophane classical Parody. 1845 J. Saunders Cabinet Pictures of Eng. Life: Chaucer 89 Arrows..fletched with the feathers of the goose. 1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. xliii. 55 They fletched their complaint by adding: ‘America loved his brother’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1704v.1656
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