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wing 
1 n. Cdn Football formerly, any of the six men on the line, three on each side of the snap, or the flying wing (the only position for which the term is in current use). The three men on the right and the left were known respectively as the inside wing, the middle wing, and the outside wing.
- 1895 (1964) . . . the forward pass was introduced [c1931], shortly followed by the wholesale importation of U.S. coaches who promptly substituted the U.S. names of "guards," and "tackles" for the Canadian "wings," and also changed the term "union" to "conference."
- 1895 (1964) . . . the wings which are seven in number correspond to the American guards, tackles and ends and the extra man is called a flying wing.
2 n. in hockey and lacrosse, either of the two players on the left and right of the centre man of a forward line.
See also: winger
- 1902 Dan . . . passed swiftly to the waiting Red who immediately shot far out to his alert wing, and then rushing down the center . . . scored another goal. . . .
- 1958 The same goes for hockey, in which a good left-handed wing, or defense man, is an asset to a team.
3 n. Fishing See quote.
- 1938 On top of the ice was a latticelike affair made of seventeen strips of wood, each about fifteen feet long, laid side by side nearly two inches apart, and held in place by fourteen cross pieces and bound together by strips of wood. This is . . . what is called a wing, and is let down into the water through the trench to steer the fish into the trap.
- 1895 (1964) . . . the forward pass was introduced [c1931], shortly followed by the wholesale importation of U.S. coaches who promptly substituted the U.S. names of "guards," and "tackles" for the Canadian "wings," and also changed the term "union" to "conference."