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fletcher
CEFRC2
/ˈflɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A person who makes arrows.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA device to assist in fletching or feathering arrows.
Examples
In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.
They [some boards] had been washed away from the fletcher by the flood.
At a glance
Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsGenerally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows.
One who fletches or feathers arrows.
A weir or dam.
More examples
In context[…] the defendants cut down and lowered, and kept and continued so cut down and lowered, a part of the bank of the said river, situate and being between the mill of the defendants and the mill of the plaintiff, and on a part of the said bank so lowered, built...
This thing, if a man take not hede on, he may chaunce have cauſe to ſay ſo of his fletcher, as in dreſſinge of meate is commonlye ſayde of cookes: and that is, that God ſendeth us good feathers, but the devill noughtye fletchers.
I don't like using a fletcher, the single feather ones are too slow, and the three feather ones inaccurate.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
noun
Inherited from Middle English fleccher, from Old French flechier; equivalent to fletch + -er.