washin

American  

[wosh-in, wawsh-] / ˈwɒʃˌɪn, ˈwɔʃ- /

Or wash-in

noun

Aeronautics.

1. a warp in an airfoil that gives an increase in the angle of attack toward the tip.

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washin British  

/ ˈwɒʃɪn /

noun

1. aeronautics an increase in the angle of attack of an aircraft wing towards the wing tip

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Etymology

Origin of washin

First recorded in 1930–35; noun use of verb phrase wash in

Example Sentences

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washin

We get two dollars a week relief, and I earn one dollar a week takin' in washin'.

From Time Magazine Archive

She been down there at the stream washin’.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

I carried me mornin' papers, and when I gits back I stayed wit' Pa while Ma went ter Ransome's house up on der Avenue to do deir washin'.

From Jimmie Moore of Bucktown by Trotter, Melvin Earnest

His mother had left him, and 'lived all about, doin' washin'.'

From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring

You’re powerful dusty and your face needs washin’.

From Dorothy's Travels by Schneider, S.