wing and wing

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.

wing and wing

adverb

1. with sails extended on both sides by booms

Word History and Origins

Origin of wing and wing¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

When I get going I slip along as easy as a schooner wing-and-wing afore the wind.

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Still, when last seen, she was wing-and-wing, flying rather than sailing down toward their own track.

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He was angry, conscious of those unlucky wing-and-wing ears, vexed at his own boldness.

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The sea was almost as smooth as a mill-pond, and we progressed with all sail set wing-and-wing.

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The wind was pretty fresh from the westward, and he went off wing-and-wing before it.

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