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vaned

vaned

8.1
With thin flat pieces like feathers or blades that help it move straight
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : con aletas
  • A properly vaned shaft helps an arrow maintain stability during flight.

Examples

  • Modern arrows are often vaned with plastic instead of real feathers.

  • The archer selected a vaned arrow for improved accuracy in the competition.

  • The vaned arrows flew straight and true.

  • He chose a vaned design for better aerodynamics.

  • A properly vaned shaft helps an arrow maintain stability during flight.

  • Modern arrows are often vaned with plastic instead of real feathers.

  • The archer selected a vaned arrow for improved accuracy in the competition.

Synonyms

fletched
vsvaned
  • Specialized
8.3

With feathers attached to an arrow or dart to help it fly straight

is used to guide movement across many devices, not only flying ones
fledged
vsvaned
  • Specialized
8.2

Arrows with feathers fly straight to be more accurate

applies more generally to fitted guides or blades used for stability in many objects

Surface Forms

vaned positive

Morphology

vaned = vane (transparent) = vane + ed

Formed by adding the adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed' to 'vane' to mean 'having vanes', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word vaned comes from vane, a word for a thin flat part like a 'feather' or a 'flag' that helps guide movement, as in a weather vane. So a vaned arrow or blade is one that has these small guiding parts to keep it steady in flight.