# pigeonwing

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
2. An old style of dressing men's side hair in a form resembling a pigeon's wings; or a wig of similar shape.
3. A fancy dance step executed by jumping and striking the legs together.
4. A certain fancy figure in skating.
5. 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.

## Etymology
From pigeon + wing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pigeonwing