single wing
nounDefinition of single wing
: an offensive football formation in which one back plays as a flanker and two backs line up four or five yards behind the line in position to receive a direct snap from center
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George Halas saw fit to change the Bears’ trademark T formation to a single wing to take advantage of the combined talents of Feathers’ running and fullback Bronko Nagurski’s blocking. — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, "Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 89, Beattie Feathers," 9 June 2019 The Stratolaunch is a gigantic aircraft that resembles two airplanes glued together by a single wing. — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, "Watch Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen's Giant Stratolaunch Plane Taxiing on the Runway," 27 Feb. 2018 The Patriots worked mainly from the shotgun formation, the first time since the single wing disappeared in the early 1950s that less than half a team’s snaps were to a quarterback directly behind the center. — David J. Neal, miamiherald, "The long Super Bowl history of the New England Patriots | Miami Herald," 28 Jan. 2018 With its trademark single wing scheme, Northeast totaled 274 rushing yards on 61 attempts. — Rick O'brien, Philly.com, "Danny Scott, Northeast run past Simon Gratz," 29 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'single wing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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