BATWING

batwing

(adjective) formed or shaped like a bat’s wing; “a dress with batwing sleeves”

batwing

(noun) one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

batwing (not comparable)

Shaped like the wing of a bat.

Noun

batwing (plural batwings)

The wing of a bat, or its shape.

Several South or Southeast Asian species of tailless dark swallowtail butterflies in the genus Atrophaneura.

An area of flabby fat under a person's arms.

A long sleeve with a deep armhole, tapering toward the wrist.

Synonym: magyar sleeve

Source: Wiktionary


Bat's"-wing" or Bat"wing, a.

Definition: Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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