Broad-arrow
a mark in the shape of a broad arrowhead, placed upon British government property.
Archery. an arrow having an expanded head.
Heraldry. pheon.
Historical Examples
The Return of the Native Thomas Hardy
A Plea for the Criminal James Leslie Allan Kayll
Ned Myers James Fenimore Cooper
A Veldt Official Bertram Mitford
The Rebel of the School Mrs. L. T. Meade
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 5 Various
The White Blackbird Hudson Douglas
noun
a mark shaped like a broad arrowhead designating British government property and formerly used on prison clothing
an arrow with a broad head
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