Meaning

1 senses

  1. To feather, as an arrow.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The arrow was fletched with duck feathers.

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Origin

A modification of fledge (“to acquire feathers”) due to the influence of fletcher (“arrow-

A modification of fledge (“to acquire feathers”) due to the influence of fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Compare flèche.

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Forms

fletches, fletching, fletched, fletched
Base formfletch · to fletch
3rd person singularfletches
Present participlefletching
Past simplefletched
Past participlefletched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfletch
he, she, itfletches

Past simpleLesson

all personsfletched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fletched
he, she, ithas fletched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fletch

Word family

2 related words
Relatedfletcher
Derivedfletching

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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