water wing
nounDefinition of water wing
1
water wings plural
: a pneumatic device to give support to the body of a person swimming or learning to swim
disgusted Londoners discovered that their car was as useful to them as water-wings in a desert— Mollie Panter-Downes
2
: a wall forming a wing to the abutment of a bridge or pier and extending laterally along the shore on either side as a protection from the current
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