Editing Broad arrow (section)

==In heraldry==
[[File:Sydney.svg|thumb|upright|left|Pheon in the arms of the [[Sidney (surname)|Sidney]] family of [[Penshurst Place|Penshurst]]: ''Or, a pheon azure'']]

The broad arrow as a [[heraldic device]] comprises a socket [[Tang (tools)|tang]] with two converging blades, or [[wikt:barb|barb]]s. When these barbs are [[Engrailed (heraldry)|engrailed]] on their inner edges, the device may be termed a ''pheon''. Woodward's ''Treatise on Heraldry: British and Foreign with English and French Glossaries'' (1892), makes the following distinction: "A BROAD ARROW and a PHEON are represented similarly, except that the Pheon has its inner edges jagged, or engrailed."<ref>{{harvp|Woodward|Burnett|1969|p=350}}</ref> Parker's ''Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry'' (1894) likewise states, "A broad arrow differs somewhat ... and resembles a pheon, except in the omission of the jagged edge on the inside of the barbs."<ref>{{harvp|Parker|Gough|1966|p=23}}</ref> However, [[Arthur Charles Fox-Davies|A. C. Fox-Davies]], in his ''Complete Guide to Heraldry'' (1909), comments: "This is not a distinction very stringently adhered to."<ref>{{cite book |first=A. C. |last=Fox-Davies |author-link=Arthur Charles Fox-Davies |title=A Complete Guide to Heraldry |url=https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh0000foxd_v7a5 |url-access=registration |editor-first=J. P. |editor-last=Brooke-Little |editor-link=John Brooke-Little |publisher=Nelson |place=London |year=1969 |orig-year=1909 |page=[https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh0000foxd_v7a5/page/213 213] }}</ref>

The pheon features prominently in the arms of the [[Sidney (surname)|Sidney]] family of [[Penshurst Place|Penshurst]], and thence in the arms of [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]], and of [[Hampden–Sydney College]], [[Virginia]]. Sidney Sussex's newsletter for [[alumni]] is titled ''Pheon''.<ref name="sid.cam.ac.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/alumni/publications |title=Alumni - Publications |publisher=Sidney Sussex College}}</ref>