water wing
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From water + wing. Compare German Schwimmflügel (“water wing”, literally “swim-wing”).
Noun
water wing (plural water wings)
- (architecture, archaic) One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.
- (swimming) Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”)
Translations
one of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current
synonym of armband — see armband
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