Water wing

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:21:47

Wa"ter wing` (?). Arch.

One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.

 

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