"pigeonwing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pigeonwings [plural]
Etymology: pigeon + wing Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pigeon|wing}} pigeon + wing Head templates: {{en-noun}} pigeonwing (plural pigeonwings)
  1. A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
    Sense id: en-pigeonwing-en-noun-r9b-Au24
  2. An old style of dressing men's side hair in a form resembling a pigeon's wings; or a wig of similar shape.
    Sense id: en-pigeonwing-en-noun-QjnYurDv
  3. A fancy dance step executed by jumping and striking the legs together.
    Sense id: en-pigeonwing-en-noun-DCZC7Ubm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 49 6 32
  4. A certain fancy figure in skating.
    Sense id: en-pigeonwing-en-noun-5qCiDlhr
  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.
    Sense id: en-pigeonwing-en-noun-d5icxgST

Inflected forms

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