fletcher

fletcher
noun /ˈflɛtʃ.ə(ɹ)/
a) One who fletches or feathers arrows.

In order that distant countries should be furnished with bowyers, fletchers, and arrow head makers, any of those workmen, not being freemen of London, might be sent by the appointment of the kings council, the lord chancellor, lord privy seal, or one of them, to inhabit the city, borough or town within the realm that was destitute of such artificers.

b) Generally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows.

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