fletcher

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who fletches or feathers arrows.

   • 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.
2. 2

   A device to assist in fletching or feathering arrows.

   • I don't like using a fletcher, the single feather ones are too slow, and the three feather ones inaccurate.
   • A fletcher that mechanically takes care of gluing feathers to arrow shafts is a great help in either making or repairing arrows.
   • Fletching jigs are available either as a single fletch unit or as a multi-fletcher, which can fletch up to six arrows at once.
3. 3

   Generally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows.

   • Very speedily the Fletcher arrived. It was his trade, the making of bows and arrows, and the marks of the various makers were as well known to him as the marks on his own.
   • […] some of the best bows were made by Elven fletchers in the nearby woods to the east of the city.
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   1. 4

      A weir or dam.

      • They [some boards] had been washed away from the fletcher by the flood.
   2. 5

      A surname originating as an occupation, from the profession of fletcher.

   3. 6

      A male given name transferred from the surname.

      • Two children who were killed in an attack on a Catholic school in Minneapolis have been identified by their parents as Harper Moyski, a "joyful" big sister, and Fletcher Merkel, who loved "any sport that he was allowed to play".
   4. 7

      A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

   5. 8

      A farming community in Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada.

   6. 9

      An outer western suburb of Newcastle in the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

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