fletch

[ flech ]

/ flɛtʃ /

verb (used with object)

to provide (an arrow) with a feather.

Nearby words

Origin of fletch

First recorded in 1625–35; back formation from fletcher

Related formsun·fletched, adjective

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Examples from the Web for fletch

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
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 didn't dare leave ther tree alone, so he tied a note ter Ballyhoo an' sent him back ter ther village fer a carpenter.
Ted Strong in Montana|Edward C. Taylor
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

British Dictionary definitions for fletch

fletch

/ (flɛtʃ) /

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

fletch

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