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winghold

winghold noun: stability of the wings in flying; a seeming purchase of the air made by a flying bird.

Noun

winghold (countable and uncountable, plural wingholds)

  1. (literary) Stability of the wings in flying; a seeming purchase of the air made by a flying bird.
    • Swerving and twisting away from the misty lower air, he rises to the first faint warmth of sun, feels delicately for winghold on the sheer fall of sky.1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 39
  2. A hold or grasp of the wing.

Forms of winghold

pluralwingholds

Origin of winghold

From wing + hold; modelled on foothold, toehold.

Questions about winghold

What does winghold mean?
Winghold means stability of the wings in flying; a seeming purchase of the air made by a flying bird.
What part of speech is winghold?
Winghold is a noun.
What is the plural of winghold?
The plural of winghold is wingholds.

Words near winghold in the dictionary

  1. winghanded
  2. winghead
  3. winghead shark
  4. winghead sharks
  5. wingheads
  6. winghold
  7. wingholds
  8. wingier
  9. wingies
  10. wingiest
  11. winging

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