overwing

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/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)wɪŋ//ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈwɪŋ/

adjective

Over the wing of an aircraft.

“overwing exits”

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Meanings

adjectiveoverwing (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOver the wing of an aircraft.

    overwing exits

verboverwing (third-person singular simple present overwings, present participle overwinging, simple past and past participle overwinged)

present singular third person overwings · participle present overwinging · participle past overwinged · past overwinged

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo outflank.

    Souldiers therabout , which gather'd to him , were neer upon ten thousand ; and purposing with those not to deferr Battel , had chos'n a place narrow , and not to be overwing'd, on his rear a Wood

    1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC

Origin

From over- + wing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Wingrovewingover
Cite this entry
APA

overwing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwing

MLA

“overwing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overwing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwing.

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