Pi"geon*wing` (?), n.
1.
A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
2.
An old mode of dressing men's side hair in
a form likened to a pigeon's wings; also, a wig similarly
shaped.
3.
(Dancing)
A fancy step executed by
jumping and striking the legs together; as, to cut a
pigeonwing.
4.
A certain fancy figure in
skating.
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.