fletch

[flech]

verb (used with object)

to provide (an arrow) with a feather.

Origin of fletch

First recorded in 1625–35; back formation from fletcher

Related formsun·fletched, adjective

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Historical Examples of fletch

Gee, Fletch, don't you wish you had a boat like that with all the gasoline to run her?
A Son of the City
Herman Gastrell Seely
Unc' Fletch trails along, an' Ballyhoo stops at a big sycamore tree.
Ted Strong in Montana
Edward C. Taylor
Ther tree opens a crack runnin' all ther way from ther roots up as far as Unc' Fletch kin see.
Ted Strong in Montana
Edward C. Taylor
Ther crack is big ernuff ter put yer finger in, but Unc' Fletch doesn't do no such fool trick ez that.
Ted Strong in Montana
Edward C. Taylor
Now this is some puzzlin' ter Unc' Fletch, an' he hez some more o' them funny feelin's erbout ghosts, an' them things.
Ted Strong in Montana
Edward C. Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for fletch

fletch

verb

another word for fledge (def. 2)

Word Origin for fletch

C17: probably back formation from fletcher

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Word Origin and History for fletch

mid-17c., variant of fledge (v.); also see fletcher. Related: Fletched; fletching.