[n] a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow [n] a mark to indicate a direction or relation
pointer
antelope, arrowhead, barb, blaze, blue darter, blue streak, bobtailed arrow, bolt, cannonball, chested arrow, cloth yard shaft, compass needle, courser, dart, direction, direction post, eagle, electricity, express train, finger post, fist, flash, flight,