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Meaning of Fletching | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4223).
  2. The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The fins or feathers so attached.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الرّيش على السهم قذة
Suomi sulittaminen sulitus
Français Fletching
한국어 깃
Polski lotka

Examples

“But the fletching on this arrow is not well aligned and so the hunter’s second shot strikes short.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Fletchings Fletchman Fletestreete fletikumab Fletschhorn Flett

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