Pigeonwing

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pigeonwing \Pi"geon*wing`\, n.
     1. A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. An old mode of dressing men's side hair in a form likened
        to a pigeon's wings; also, a wig similarly shaped.


        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. (Dancing) A fancy step executed by jumping and striking
        the legs together; as, to cut a pigeonwing.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     4. A certain fancy figure in skating.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     5. (Tempering) A color, brown shaded with purple, coming
        between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors
        in drawing the temper of hardened steel.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]