wing shot


noun Hunting.

a shot at a bird in flight.
an expert in shooting birds in flight.

Origin of wing shot

First recorded in 1880–85

Example sentences from the Web for wing shot

  • The sound of voices strikes your ear, and like a wing-shot bird you fall to the earth.

    Vagaries |Axel Munthe

British Dictionary definitions for wing shot

wing shot

noun

a shot taken at a bird in flight
an expert at shooting birds in flight