wingtip
pronunciation
How to pronounce wingtip in British English:
UK ['wɪŋtɪp]
How to pronounce wingtip in American English:
US ['wɪŋtɪp]
Word Origin
- wingtip (n.)
- also wing-tip, 1867, "tip of a wing" (originally of insects; by 1870 of birds), from wing (n.) + tip (n.1). Of airplane wings from 1909. As a type of shoe with a back-curving toe cap suggestive of a bird's wingtip, from 1928. Related: Wing-tipped.