overwing

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ wing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (adjective) /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)wɪŋ/

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• IPA^(key): (verb) /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈwɪŋ/

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Adjective

overwing (not comparable)

1. Over the wing of an aircraft.

   overwing exits

Verb

overwing (third-person singular simple present overwings, present participle overwinging, simple past and past participle overwinged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To outflank.
   • 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:

     Souldiers therabout , which gather'd to him , were neer upon ten thousand ; and purposing with those not to deferr Battel , had chos'n a place narrow , and not to be overwing'd, on his rear a Wood

References

• “overwing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Wingrove, revowing, wingover