pigeonwing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
  2. An old style of dressing men's side hair in a form resembling a pigeon's wings; or a wig of similar shape.
  3. A fancy dance step executed by jumping and striking the legs together.
  4. A certain fancy figure in skating.
  5. A color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-pigeonwing.wav

Word forms

pigeonwing pigeonwings

Etymology

From pigeon + wing.

Related words

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