fletch

American

[flech] / flɛtʃ /

verb (used with object)

to provide (an arrow) with a feather.

fletch British

/ flɛtʃ /

verb

another word for fledge

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Other Word Forms

unfletched

adjective

Etymology

Origin of fletch

First recorded in 1625–35; back formation from fletcher

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