wing tip

noun

1. Also wingtip. the extreme outer edge of an airplane wing.
2. a toecap, often with a perforated pattern, having a point at the center and a piece at each side extending back along the top and sides.
3. a style of shoe with such a toe.
4. the portion of a bird's folded wing formed by the part of the primary feathers extending beyond the secondary feathers.

wing tip

noun

1. the outermost edge of a wing

Word History and Origins

Origin of wing tip¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

It has added aerodynamic fins on wing tips, used only one engine when taxiing on runways and bought planes that weigh less.

From Washington Post

First on one wing-tip, and then on the other, we corkscrewed dizzily down.

From Project Gutenberg

This danger was greatly alleviated when the wing-tip flares were invented.

From Project Gutenberg

The suspicious-looking object proved to be a bird's foot, and beside it was a pointed wing tip.

From Project Gutenberg

Of the remaining six shots but one was effective—breaking the wing-tip of a young female, which was secured for a live decoy.

From Project Gutenberg

He was swarming up the plane-wing tip before Jamison reached him, and he kicked frenziedly when Jamison plucked him off.

From Project Gutenberg

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