wing tip

wing tip
noun
1. a shoe having a wing-tip toecap
• Hypernyms: ↑shoe
2. a decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe
• Hypernyms: ↑toecap

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noun
1. : a toecap having a point extending back toward the throat of the shoe and curving sides extending toward the shank
2. : a shoe having a wing tip

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1. Also, wingtip. 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.
[1870-75]

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wing tip, or wing|tip «WIHNG TIHP», noun.
1. the outer end of a wing, as of a bird, insect, or airplane.
2. an ornamental tip on a shoe which is carried back along the sides.
3. a shoe with such a tip.

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(also wingtip) n.
1) the tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, or other animal
2) a shoe with a toe cap having a backward extending point and curving sides, resembling the shape of a wing

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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