wing tip

noun

1

a

: the edge or outer margin of a bird's wing

b

usually wingtip

ˈwiŋ-ˌtip 

: the outer end of an airplane wing

2

: a toe cap having a point that extends back toward the throat of the shoe and curving sides that extend toward the shank

3

: a shoe having a wing tip

Examples of wing tip in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Slotting also makes the wing tip very resistant to stall, whereby the airflow separates from the wing, causing a precipitous loss of the lift that keeps the bird in the air. —Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024

Save trimmings in the freezer, such as chicken backs, wing tips and the remains from roasted chickens. —Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024

The engineers also added folding wing tips to ensure that a large wing can fit in the current gate infrastructure. —Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024

There is an inner part in which the distance between the leading (front) edge and trailing (rear) edge increases away from the root; a middle part where the edge is almost parallel to the distance between wing tip to wing tip; and the outer part, in which the trailing edge is concave to the wing. —Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 July 2023

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1908, in the meaning defined at sense 1a