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batwing

[bat-wing]
adjective
  1. formed, shaped, etc., like the wing of a bat.
  2. (of a garment or part of a garment) resembling or conceived of as resembling the wing of a bat, as a loose long sleeve (batwing sleeve) having a deep armhole and a tight wrist.
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Origin of batwing

First recorded in 1955–60; bat2 + wing
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Historical Examples

  • Yet either the batwing or the fishtail tip can be used in any common burner except the argand.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880.

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British Dictionary definitions for batwing

batwing

adjective
  1. shaped like the wings of a bat, as a black tie, collar, etc
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