broadhead

[ brawd-hed ]

noun

1. a flat, triangular, steel arrowhead with sharp edges.
2. an arrow having such an arrowhead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of broadhead¹

broad + head

Example Sentences

The three players to hit double figures in goals for them last season - Conor Chaplin, Nathan Broadhead and Omari Hutchinson - have a combined two Premier League appearances.

From BBC

Nathan Broadhead hit the inside of the post while Kieffer Moore was superbly denied by Hornets keeper Daniel Bachmann and fired another good chance wide.

From BBC

Broadhead couldn't get out of the way of Jack Taylor's effort after some more attractive build-up play from the hosts while Bachmann dived to his left to clutch Sam Morsy's bouncing drive from 25 yards and produced a flying save to claw out Moore's towering header from Harry Clarke's far-post cross on 43 minutes.

From BBC

Having seen leaders Leicester and Leeds both fail to score the previous night, Ipswich began positively, although it took 18 minutes before Bachmann was called into action, diving to his right to stop Broadhead's low drive from the edge of the area after a neat flick from Moore.

From BBC

Jamal Lewis' looping cross was plucked from beneath his crossbar by Ipswich keeper Vaclav Hladky just after the half-hour mark just before Broadhead fired a low shot from the left of the area across Bachmann but saw his effort come back off the inside of the post and roll across the goalline.

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