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broad arrow

 
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–noun
1. a mark in the shape of a broad arrowhead, placed upon British government property.
2. Archery. an arrow having an expanded head.
3. Heraldry. pheon.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME brod arwe
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phe⋅on

  [fee-on]
–noun Heraldry.
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
Also called broad arrow.

Origin:
1480–90; earlier feon, of uncert. orig.
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broad arrow  
n.  

  1. An arrow with a wide barbed head.

  2. Chiefly British A wide arrowhead mark identifying government property.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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