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offwing

offwing adjective: occurring with the engines removed from the aircraft.

Adjective

offwing (not comparable)

  1. Occurring with the engines removed from the aircraft.
    • Federal Express relied upon Ingram Industries in arguing that the expenses related to its offwing maintenance program should be deductible as repairs to the aircraft, just as the repairs to the tugboat engines in Ingram Industries were deductible.2004, Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures and Other Strategic Alliances, page 1117
    • Engine removal rates for commercial engines are lower and in the case of the B-52H, it has been believed that the interval between installation and any expensive 'offwing' repairs or maintenance might be longer than the remaining B-52H.2005, Martin W. Bowman, Stratofortress: The Story of the B-52, page 116
  2. Attached to and descending from the wing of an aircraft.
    • Airbus also has issued Service Bulletin A320-25-1156, Revision 01, dated February 2, 1990, which describes procedures for an additional modification of the offwing escape slides.1999, Federal Register - Volume 64, Issues 196-199, page 55643
    • At exit 3L, the offwing slide/raft portion of the escape system did not inflate.2001, Jason T. Fedok, Evacuation slide and slide/raft reliability

Noun

offwing (plural offwings)

  1. (field hockey or ice hockey) The wing that is on the opposite side to the player's dominant hand.
    • The Czechoslovaks' stick work is exquisite, and they also exploit their use of the "offwing" — a right-handed shooter, for example, will play the left wing.1980, Gerald Eskenazi, Miracle on ice, page 16
    • If they have the ability, it is recommended players play their offwing, e.g., right-handed shots play left-side positions ( P1, P2, P4).1986, Coaching Review- Volume 9

Examples of offwing in a sentence

  • Engine test facility offers the opportunity of convenient testing of an offwing engine with recurring operational problems that are difficult to troubleshoot.2015, Michael Loong, The essentials of airplane maintenance:
  • Unless the airplane is equipped with an offwing descent means, stands or ramps may be used for descent from the wing to the ground.2004, Federal Aviation Administration, Far-fc 2005: FAR for Flight Crew, page 450:
  • The mechanical interface between the offwing emergency evacuation slide assembly and manual handle to an overwing door inflation actuation system interface is depicted.2015, Helperus Ritzema Rautenbach, Ryan Schmidt, Systems and devices for installing an evacuation slide actuation cable in a connection box...
  • It would require moving Nylander to his offwing on the left, from which he can be lethal with his shot.2019, Wilbert Timmermans, “Toronto Maple Leafs: Solving the John Tavares Conundrum”, in Fansided:

Forms of offwing

pluraloffwings

Questions about offwing

What does offwing mean?
Offwing means occurring with the engines removed from the aircraft.
How do you use offwing in a sentence?
Engine test facility offers the opportunity of convenient testing of an offwing engine with recurring operational problems that are difficult to troubleshoot.
What part of speech is offwing?
Offwing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near offwing in the dictionary

  1. offuscation
  2. offuscations
  3. Offwell
  4. offwhite
  5. offwiki
  6. offwing
  7. offwings
  8. offworld
  9. offworlder
  10. offworlders
  11. offy

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