pigeonwing

pigeonwing

English

Etymology

pigeon +‎ wing

Noun

pigeonwing (plural pigeonwings)

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. (tempering) 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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pigeonwing in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)