wing bar

noun

1. a line of contrasting color along the coverts of a bird's wing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wing bar¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Twenty-three-year-old Marya Christiansen had been missing since early Saturday when she left a friend’s house in Red Wing, Minnesota, after socializing with friends at a Red Wing bar.

From Washington Times

“It’s great — these guys know when to come out,” Frank Johnson, visiting from Florida, said about a group of his friends as they shared a pitcher of beer in the backyard of the Wing Bar on Smith Street in Boerum Hill.

From New York Times

White in the flights and under the wings must be guarded against as must also absence of ribbon or wing bar in females.

From Project Gutenberg

Bill and eyes red; legs flesh color; under parts white, and a white wing bar.

From Project Gutenberg

This species is grayish above and grayish white below, with white eye ring, lores and wing bar.

From Project Gutenberg