English Explanatory Dictionary

wing-and-wing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Sailing a square-rigged vessel before the wind with studding sails on both sides.
  2. Sailing a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel before the wind with the mainsail and a headsail on different sides (in goose wing position).

Word forms

wing-and-wing
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