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batwing

batwing

2 9.9
A swinging half door at the entrance of a saloon
  • noun
  • /ˈbætˌwɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : puertas batientes
  • "Fine leather gloves flapped like batwings in the moonlight.
  • batwing doors
  • batwing saloon

Examples

  • Then Terry was outside, opening a big umbrella like a batwing.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • He raises one batwing eyebrow.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • A batwing sleeve, she said.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The cowboy pushed open the batwing doors and stepped into the lively saloon.

  • As the musicians played, the saloon's batwing doors swung open to welcome the guests.

  • The batwing doors creaked loudly every time someone entered or exited the bustling saloon.

Synonyms

double door
vsbatwing
12 1.5

Two doors next to each other that open in the middle to make a wide entrance

is one leaf of a pair that swings both ways in saloons
swing door
vsbatwing
3 3.1

A door on hinges that opens in both directions

is one of a pair used especially at saloon entrances
swinging door
vsbatwing
1 3.1

A door on hinges that swings open both ways

is one of a paired swinging set typically at a western saloon entrance

Surface Forms

batwing singular
batwings plural

Morphology

batwing = bat + wing (transparent) = bat + wing

A straightforward compound whose meaning (a wing or wing-like part resembling that of a bat) can be inferred from 'bat' + 'wing'.

Etymology

The word batwing comes from the two words bat and wing, because the saloon doors swing open and shut like the wings of a bat. So a batwing door is one of the short, swinging doors at the entrance to a western saloon.