| A missive weapon of offence, is a slender stick, armed at one end and feathered at the other and is termed barbed and flighted, or plumed, i.e. feathered, the point is always downwards unless otherwise expressed. Arrows when borne in bundles are termed sheaves of arrows, but the sheaf never contains more than three, unless a greater number is named. Arrows are borne in a variety of positions, which should be described e.g. - Five arrows two and two parallel in saltire, and one in pale; or, three arrows one in pale, and two in saltire, entwined with a serpent. |