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fletch

[ flech ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to provide (an arrow) with a feather.


fletch

/ flɛtʃ /

verb

  1. another word for fledge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • un·fletched adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fletch1

First recorded in 1625–35; back formation from fletcher
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fletch1

C17: probably back formation from fletcher
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Example Sentences

Ther tree opens a crack runnin' all ther way from ther roots up as far as Unc' Fletch kin see.

Unc' Fletch trails along, an' Ballyhoo stops at a big sycamore tree.

Ther crack is big ernuff ter put yer finger in, but Unc' Fletch doesn't do no such fool trick ez that.

Now this is some puzzlin' ter Unc' Fletch, an' he hez some more o' them funny feelin's erbout ghosts, an' them things.

Unc' Fletch didn't dare leave ther tree alone, so he tied a note ter Ballyhoo an' sent him back ter ther village fer a carpenter.

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