wing flat

noun

, Theater.

1. a flat, especially a two-fold, usually forming part of a unit of four panels of painted scenery.

Example Sentences

Again, as a wind tunnel sees things, a modern car looks like a wing: flat on the bottom and round on top.

From Wall Street Journal

Lay out one upper wing flat, raising it gently and carefully by using the point of a pin to draw it with, until the lower edge of this upper wing is nearly at a right angle with the body.

From Project Gutenberg