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Meaning of sea-wing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A wing-shell, often of the genus Pinna.
  2. The sail of a vessel.
    poetic

Examples

“His ship left port in its sea wings clad / When the sky was fair and blue.”
“It is pretty difficult to perceive in the old, mildewed craft […] any semblance to Gen. Butler's fast sailing schooner yacht America. Yet the old America it is, with its sea wings gone and its racing heels doubled and twisted by years of neglect and inactivity.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

seabag seabank seabase seabat Seabaugh seabeach

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