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

A winglet may have been damaged on one of the planes, reports said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2022

Aviation Partners Boeing, a Boeing joint venture with a wingtips manufacturer that makes winglets for the 737-800, declined to comment on the discovery of the winglet fragments.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2022

Spider-foot, toad's-belly, too, Give the child, and winglet!

From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Charles Timothy Brooks

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