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Fletcher (surname)
Fletcher is a surname of French language, French, English language, English, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish, and Irish language, Irish origin. The name is a regional (La Flèche) and an occupational name for an Fletching, arrowsmith (a maker and or seller of arrows), derived from the Old French ''flecher'' (in turn from Old French ''fleche'' "arrow"). The English word was borrowed into the Goidelic languages, leading to the development of the Scottish Gaelic, Scottish name "Mac an Fhleisteir" (also spelt "Mac an Fhleisdeir"), "the arrowsmith's son". Fletcher was not necessarily the surname of a Fletcher/Arrowsmith, for example, ''John Little the Blacksmith'', "Smith" not been his actual surname. The earliest record of the name is Jean de la Flèche (c.1030 – c.1097), a Norman noble from La Flèche, where he became its first Seigneur (lord) and held its original castle (the current one, on the same site is from the 15th century). He was father of Elias I, Count of Maine and a great gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fletching
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 or feather. A fletcher is a person who attaches fletchings to the shaft of arrows. The word is related to the French word , meaning 'arrow', via the ultimate root of Old Frankish . Description As a noun, ''fletching'' refers collectively to the fins or vanes, each of which individually is known as a fletch. Traditionally, the fletching consists of three matched half-feathers attached near the back of the arrow or shaft of the dart that are equally spaced around its circumference. Four fletchings have also been used. In English archery, the male feather, from a cock, is used on the outside of the arrow, while the other two stabilizing feathers are from a female, or hen. Traditional archery lore about feather curvature is that a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
