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.

For the English village, see Fletching, East Sussex.

The word is related to the French word flèche, meaning 'arrow', via the ultimate root of Old Frankish fliukka.

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