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pigeonwings

pigeonwings is the plural of pigeonwing.

Meaning of pigeonwing

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.

Questions about pigeonwings

What is pigeonwings the plural of?
Pigeonwings is the plural of pigeonwing.

Words near pigeonwings in the dictionary

  1. pigeontail
  2. pigeontails
  3. pigeontoed
  4. pigeonweed
  5. pigeonwing
  6. pigeonwings
  7. pigeonwood
  8. pigeonwoods
  9. pigeony
  10. pigface
  11. pigfaces

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