wing and wing

American  

adverb

Nautical.

1. with a sail extended on each side, as with the foresail out on one side and the mainsail out on the other.

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wing and wing British  

adverb

1. with sails extended on both sides by booms

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Etymology

Origin of wing and wing

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

He has served as a forward, wing and wing back, recording 21 goals and 60 assists.

From Washington Post

They and their white sails, especially when they come wing and wing before the wind, are the most beautiful of floating objects, and when there are hundreds of them coming towards you in lessening perspective, with the sun shining on the sails, and the banks on either side alive and moving with the palms, the river Nile becomes the best part of Cairo.

From Project Gutenberg

A fleet of coasters were standing wing and wing through the Narrows.

From Project Gutenberg

Everything beyond was hidden from view until the Noank passed the outer reef and tacked seaward, running almost wing and wing.

From Project Gutenberg

With a gentle, aimlessly wandering wind astern—an idle, dawdling, contemptuous breeze, following the old craft lazily, now and again whipping her nose under water to remind her of suspended strength—the trader Good Samaritan ran on, wing and wing, through the moonlight, bound across from Sinners’ Tickle to Afterward Bight, there to deal for the first of the catch.

From Project Gutenberg