broad arrow
Americannoun
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a mark in the shape of a broad arrowhead, placed upon British government property.
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Archery. an arrow having an expanded head.
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Heraldry. pheon.
noun
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a mark shaped like a broad arrowhead designating British government property and formerly used on prison clothing
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an arrow with a broad head
Etymology
Origin of broad arrow
1350–1400; Middle English brod arwe
Example Sentences
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Social significance marks some of the sculptures: one has the broad arrow of the British "Ban the Bomb" movement.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then Sir Launcelot told the King and the Queen how the lady huntress shot him in the forest of Windsor in the thigh with a broad arrow.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo
Corner and his party discovered a yard and some spars marked Bounty, and the broad arrow upon them.
From Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 by Thomson, Basil
The people of England put the broad arrow of their Queen upon the Rebel rams.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various
If it had not been for her a broad arrow would as likely as not have been the decoration which he would have gained.
From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.
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