"fletching" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fletchings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fletching (countable and uncountable, plural fletchings)
  1. The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fletching-en-noun-osD6ylqp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 14 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 66 19 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 66 19 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 17 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 63 18 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 75 12 13
  2. The fins or feathers so attached. Tags: countable, uncountable
    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), empenatge [masculine] (Catalan), empennage [masculine] (French), impennaggio (Italian), empenaje [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'A set of fins attached to the tail of a projectile': 51 49

Verb

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
    Sense id: en-fletching-en-verb-1ZbRvese Categories (other): Archery Disambiguation of Archery: 9 13 78

Inflected forms

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