gull wing

¹

noun

1. an airplane wing that slants briefly upward from the fuselage and then extends horizontally outward.

gull-wing

²

[guhl-wing]

adjective

1. (of an automobile door) hinged at the top and opening upward.

2. having gull-wing doors.

   a gull-wing sports car.

3. having or resembling airplane gull wings.

gull-wing

/ ˈɡʌlˌwɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of a car door) opening upwards

2. (of an aircraft wing) having a short upward-sloping inner section and a longer horizontal outer section

Word History and Origins

Origin of gull-wing¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Origin of gull-wing²

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The court heard Sheibani enjoyed lavish yacht parties and had luxury cars, including two Bentleys, a gull wing Mercedes and a Porsche.

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It is about half the width of a regular car, has no steering wheel or seating positions and gull wing cargo doors.

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A white 2014 Lamborghini Veneno Roadster, with the initials TNO painted on the hood and ‘gull wing’ doors, is the star lot, valued at 5.2 million to 6.2 million Swiss francs.

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It’s the world’s largest, and you can easily spend half a day or more among its minutely detailed aircraft carrier models and restored aircraft, including the World War II Corsair, nicknamed “Whistling Death,” with its unique inverted gull wing, and the Que Sera Sera, the first aircraft to land at the South Pole.

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Musk, known for occasional hyperbole, has called the Model X the most difficult car to ever be built because of its unusual doors that open vertically—called gull wing, or falcon wing, doors— as well as the car’s third row of seats.

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