Arrow
.The broad arrow, thus ⇧. A mark used by the British Board of Ordnance, and placed on their stones. (See Broad Arrow.)
The broad arrow, thus ⇧. A mark used by the British Board of Ordnance, and placed on their stones. (See Broad Arrow.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.