56 Moby Thesaurus words for "wings":
Hershey bar, L, R, acting area, apron, apron stage, aviation badge,
backstage, badge, band shell, bandstand, bar, board, bridge,
chevron, chicken, coulisse, dock, dressing room, eagle, epaulet,
flies, fly floor, fly gallery, forestage, greenroom, grid,
gridiron, hash mark, insignia of branch, lightboard, oak leaf,
orchestra, orchestra pit, organization insignia, overseas bar,
parachute badge, patch, performing area, pip, pit, proscenium,
proscenium stage, service stripe, shell, shoulder patch,
shoulder sleeve insignia, spread eagle, stage, stage left,
stage right, star, stripe, submarine badge, switchboard,
the boards
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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On the wing.
(a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another.
On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity.
Under the wing, or wings, of, under the care or
protection of.
Wing and wing (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either
side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going
before the wind with the foresail on one side and the
mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel
which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged.
Wing case (Zo["o]l.), one of the anterior wings of beetles,
and of some other insects, when thickened and used to
protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also wing
cover.
Wing covert (Zo["o]l.), one of the small feathers covering
the bases of the wing quills. See Covert, n., 2.
Wing gudgeon (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a
wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it
from turning in the wood. See Illust. of Gudgeon.
Wing shell (Zo["o]l.), wing case of an insect.
Wing stroke, the stroke or sweep of a wing.
Wing transom (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern;
-- called also main transom. --J. Knowles.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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