Lexic.us

Definition of Batwing

1. Adjective. Formed or shaped like a bat's wing. "A dress with batwing sleeves"

2. Noun. One of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon).

Definition of Batwing

1. Noun. The wing of a bat, or its shape. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Batwing

1. shaped like a bat's wing [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Batwing

battures battuta battutas batty boys batty men batty rider batty riders batule batules batune

batunes batutut batwing (current term) batwings batwoman batwomen batz batzen batzens batzes

bau baubee baubees baubella bauble baubles

Literary usage of Batwing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gas Manipulation: With a Description of the Various Instruments and by Henry Banister, William T. Sugg (1867)
"Now if the colour of the flame from a well-constructed Argand burner be compared with that from a fishtail or batwing, it will be observed that the former ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1880)
"batwing gives the best result when consuming 2'8 cubic feet nndc'r 07 inch ... G batwing the best result when using 4'7 feet of gas under a pressure of Ov ..."

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