(of an automobile door) hinged at the top and opening upward.
having gull-wing doors.
a gull-wing sports car.
having or resembling airplane gull wings.
(of a car door) opening upwards
(of an aircraft wing) having a short upward-sloping inner section and a longer horizontal outer section
First recorded in 1930–35
First recorded in 1930–35
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John Z. DeLorean’s company produced under 10,000 DMC-12 vehicles before bankruptcy, yet its gull-wing doors and stainless steel body influenced future designs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
A car porter and technician begin manually pushing the Type C 111-ll. which has gull-wing doors that open upwards, into the vast elevator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
Constructed on a steel-tube space frame, the gull-wing coupe is powered by a midmounted Cadillac V8.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
The sleek, angular car with gull-wing doors known simply as “the DeLorean” was featured in the movie franchise starring Michael J. Fox about a kid who travels back in time to engineer his parents’ meeting.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2018
You may want to think twice before driving this thing through the Starbucks drive-through, however, because the gull-wing doors don’t have windows.
From The Verge ● Jan. 18, 2018
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