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Webster 1913 Edition


Batwing

{

Bat’s′-wing′

or

Bat′wing

}
,
Adj.
Shaped like a bat’s wing;
as, a
bat's-wing
burner
.

Definition 2024


batwing

batwing

English

Adjective

batwing (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like the wing of a bat.
    • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 491:
      The junk was nearer, beating in toward the island, her brown batwing sail suddenly tall and terribly conspicuous against the sky.
    • 2012, James E. Ferrell, Cross-Pull (page 385)
      A tall figure stepped up to the batwing doors of the saloon as Tommy and Matt passed.

Noun

batwing (plural batwings)

  1. The wing of a bat, or its shape.

Derived terms

  • batwing sleeve