Wingstroke
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wingbeat.
"It was a wonderful sight to see at least a hundred creatures of such enormous size and hideous appearance all swooping like swallows with swift, shearing wing-strokes above us; but soon we realized that it was not one on which we could afford to linger."
Example
More examples"It was a wonderful sight to see at least a hundred creatures of such enormous size and hideous appearance all swooping like swallows with swift, shearing wing-strokes above us; but soon we realized that it was not one on which we could afford to linger."
Etymology
From wing + stroke.
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