Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wing-and-wing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: wing-and-wing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Sailing a square-rigged vessel before the wind with studding sails on both sides.

adv

Sailing a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel before the wind with the mainsail and a headsail on different sides (in goose wing position).

Questions

What does wing-and-wing mean?: Sailing a square-rigged vessel before the wind with studding sails on both sides.

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