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fletching¹

Rhymes with -ɛtʃɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of fletch

noun fletchings

  1. countable, uncountable The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
  2. countable, uncountable The fins or feathers so attached. But the fletching on this arrow is not well aligned and so the hunter’s second shot strikes short.

Fletching²

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4223).

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noun A set of fins attached to the tail of a projectile

Españolempenaje
Françaisempennage
Italianoimpennaggio
العربيةقذة quḏḏa

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@misc{fletching_2026,
  title = {fletching},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fletching},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}