broad-arrow

Fed up with the lack of performance, and hopeless reliability, we managed to replace the 875cc all-aluminium slant four with a 24 litre broad-arrow 12 cylinder Napier Sea Lion engine from an old torpedo boat we had at the bottom of the garden.

Husky Voice Peter Ashley 2008

These were the “broad-arrow” trees, reserved by the king of England for the making of sailing masts.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

These were the “broad-arrow” trees, reserved by the king of England for the making of sailing masts.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

These were the “broad-arrow” trees, reserved by the king of England for the making of sailing masts.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

They are seen as small V-shaped markings which are dark in tint; and perhaps might better be described as resembling our Government's "broad-arrow," the central line representing the end of a single canal which enters the caret centrally.

To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks

After a severe combat he had been able to clap the government broad-arrow upon every package and carry them all off to the nearest customs 'post.

Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett

I inquired; and picking up a piece of stick I drew a broad-arrow upon the path.

My Lady Caprice Jeffery Farnol 1915

Firstly, there is the stigma that attaches to every man who has worn the broad-arrow.

A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science James Leslie Allan Kayll 1908

He is given a uniform coarse in texture clumsy and grotesque in appearance and branded over with the broad-arrow and with his prison number.

A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science James Leslie Allan Kayll 1908

There, on the coarse grey material of the coat, was a large broad-arrow.

The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various 1880