'Pigeonwing' definitions:

Definition of 'Pigeonwing'

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  • Pigeonwing \Pi"geon*wing`\, n.
  • 1. A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. An old mode of dressing men's side hair in a form likened to a pigeon's wings; also, a wig similarly shaped. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 3. (Dancing) A fancy step executed by jumping and striking the legs together; as, to cut a pigeonwing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 4. A certain fancy figure in skating. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 5. (Tempering) A color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]