How do you use the word "fletcher" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "fletcher": In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.

Fletcher Meaning

/ˈflɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/

Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounOne who fletches or feathers arrows.

nounA device to assist in fletching or feathering arrows.

Sentence Examples

In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The skilled ____ meticulously crafted new arrows, carefully attaching each feather.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

In the Middle Ages, a ____ was a skilled craftsman who specialized in making arrows for archers.

Word Origin & History

Inherited from Middle English fleccher, from Old French flechier; equivalent to fletch + -er.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 1544 (date written; published 1571), Roger Ascham, Toxophilus, the Schole, or Partitions, of Shooting. […], London: […] Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished in The English Works of Roger Ascham, […], London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley, […], and J[ohn] Newbery, […], 1761, →OCLC, book 2, page 148:

"In order that distant countries should be furnished with bowyers, fletchers, and arrow head makers, any of those workmen, not being freemen of London, might be sent by the appointment of the king's council, the lord chancellor, lord privy seal, or one of them, to inhabit the city, borough or town within the realm that was destitute of such artificers." — 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 38:

"Besides the bowyers and fletchers who made the bows and arrows, others were employed to keep them in repair: the pay of these men was sixpence a-day. Among the Tolls at Carlton Ride is the Account of the Clerk of the Privy Wardrobe, for armour, shot, &c., from 1372 to 1374; where, among many curious entries, occurs one “for the wages of two fletchers, each at vid. a-day, for going in the king's ships, and for the keeping and mending of bows and arrows in the said voyage"." — 1859, “The Arms, Armour and Military Usages of the Fourteenth Century”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 206, page 14:

"An arrow maker is a fletcher, or, more exactly, one who feathers arrows." — 1955, “Sticks and Strings (A pot-pourri on bow and arrows from an article in "Michigan Conservation")”, in The Bowhunter, number 5, page 29:

"I don't like using a fletcher, the single feather ones are too slow, and the three feather ones inaccurate." — 1940, Archery News, volumes 19-27, page 35:

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