winglet

American  

[wing-lit] / ˈwɪŋ lɪt /

noun

1. a little wing.

2. Zoology. alula.

3. Aeronautics.

   1. a small wing used mainly to carry external loads or to connect struts or gears to the fuselage.

   2. a short, near-vertical projection on a wing tip that reduces drag and improves fuel efficiency.

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winglet British  

/ ˈwɪŋlɪt /

noun

1. a small wing, esp the bastard wing of a bird

2. a small wing placed at the tip of the main wing of an aircraft and perpendicular to it designed to reduce the aircraft's vortex drag

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Etymology

Origin of winglet

First recorded in 1605–15; wing + -let

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Example Sentences

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winglet

The portion of the 757’s wingtip that points up, the winglet, was snapped off, reported New York’s WNBC-TV.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

The drone was mislabeled on a winglet as a Geran-2 Russian-made drone, Kulagin said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

The FAA said the left winglet of the moving plane clipped the horizontal stabilizer of the other.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2022

Damage to a winglet or the loss of a winglet would not cause a big change to a pilot’s ability to stay airborne, Mr. Goglia added.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2022

All along the branches creeping, To their leafy beds of sleeping Go the blue-birds and the brown; Blackbird stoppeth now his clamor, And the little yellowhammer Droppeth head in winglet down.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various

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