wing and wing

with a sail extended on each side, as with the foresail out on one side and the mainsail out on the other.

Origin of wing and wing

First recorded in 1775–85

winey, winfield, winfred, winfrey, wing, wing and wing, wing bar, wing beat, wing bit, wing bolt, wing bow

The wind was pretty fresh from the westward, and he went off wing-and-wing before it.

Little Bobtail |Oliver Optic
"Wing-and-Wing" was published at twenty-five cents a volume.

James Fenimore Cooper |Thomas R. Lounsbury
In a couple of hours we were entering the bay, and running "wing-and-wing."

The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete |William T. Sherman
Still, when last seen, she was wing-and-wing, flying rather than sailing down toward their own track.

The Wing-and-Wing |J. Fenimore Cooper

It was the only vestige that was ever found of the Wing-and-Wing.

The Wing-and-Wing |J. Fenimore Cooper

wing and wing

with sails extended on both sides by booms