Fletching is the fin-shaped aerodynamic stabilization device attached on arrows, bolts, darts, or javelins, and are typically made from light semi-flexible materials such as feathers or bark. Each piece of such fin is a fletch, also known as a flight[1] or feather. A fletcher is a person who attaches fletchings to the shaft of arrows, fletchers were traditionally associated with the Worshipful Company of Fletchers, a guild in the City of London.
The word is related to the French word flèche, meaning 'arrow', via the ultimate root of Old Frankish fliukka.[2][3]
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- ^ Etymologeek flèche etymology
- ^ Du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis, FLECHA.