"fletching" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fletchings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} fletching (plural fletchings)
  1. The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
    Sense id: en-fletching-en-noun-osD6ylqp
  2. The fins or feathers so attached.
    Sense id: en-fletching-en-noun-ctBCzpJN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (A set of fins attached to the tail of a projectile): قذة (quḏḏa) [feminine] (Arabic), empennage [masculine] (French), impennaggio (Italian)
Disambiguation of 'A set of fins attached to the tail of a projectile': 52 48

Verb [English]

Rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fletching
  1. present participle and gerund of fletch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fletch Categories (topical): Archery
    Sense id: en-fletching-en-verb-1ZbRvese Disambiguation of Archery: 34 8 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 4 62

Inflected forms

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