A broad arrow or pheon is a type of arrow with a typically flat barbed head. It is a symbol used traditionally in heraldry, most notably in England, and later the United Kingdom to mark government property.
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Famous quotes containing the words broad and/or arrow:
“Lepidus. What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?
Antony. It is shaped, sir, like itself, and it is as broad as it hath breadth.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Anton Petrovich turned into the passage, followed the arrow to men, mankind, human beings, marched past the toilet, past the kitchen, gave a start when a cat darted under his feet, quickened his step, reached the end of the passage, pushed open a door, and a shower of sunlight splashed his face.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)