wingspread

American  

[wing-spred] / ˈwɪŋˌsprɛd /

noun

1. the distance between the most outward tips of the wings when they are as extended as possible.

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Etymology

Origin of wingspread

First recorded in 1895–1900; wing + spread

Example Sentences

By comparison, the snappily dressed kids in group shots typically arrange themselves in poses, crouching with their arms upraised or wingspread like the Jackson 5 or folded on their chests B-boy style.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2022

“I had prepared her for the nightly invasion of bats … but she had not expected so many, she said, or that they would have a three-foot wingspread and such big teeth,” he remembered.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2014

It may be, as Author Philip Hallie puts it, that altruism "lacked the glamour, the wingspread of other wartime events."

From Time Magazine Archive

In flight, its wingspread is seven feet; on the ground, it walks haughtily through marshes in search of frogs and snakes, or performs its pre-mating dance with rapid grace.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stood there as if be were drying himself in the sun, with a wingspread of about eleven feet, a bright orange head and a magenta carbuncle.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White