矢や細ざい工く

noun

fletcher; fletching

Archaic term for the craft of making arrows or the person who makes them. In modern contexts, the concept is usually expressed with phrases like 矢を作る人 or 矢の羽付け.

• 矢や細ざい工くは中ちゅう世せいの武ぶ士しにとって重じゅう要ような職しょく人にんだった。

  Fletchers were important craftsmen for medieval samurai.