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wing and wing

American

adverb

Nautical.

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 British

adverb

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

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

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023

Blair found himself ganged up on as Wales attacked down the right wing and wing Williams and Hook combined superbly to send Byrne over.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2010

Front and rear, wing and wing, the trumpets took up the call, "To horse!"

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

At the end of two days we lifted up our eyes and beheld a low, creeping, hungry cloud expanding like an army, wing and wing, along the eastern horizon.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman

They only crouched, with paddles motionless, staring at the dimming figures facing them, until the Espirita, "wing and wing" ahead of the trades, was no larger than a seagull.

From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

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