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单词 out-wing
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out-wingn.

Forms: see out- prefix and wing n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, wing n.
Etymology: < out- prefix + wing n.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
A wing or flank of an army.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > wing or flank
wingc1400
horn1533
out-wingc1540
flank1548
point1550
sleeve1574
left1693
right1694
pivot flank1786
reverse flank1792
wheeling flank1796
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vii. x. f. 87v/1 At last the out wyngis of Romanis [L. extrema Romanorum cornua] be multitude of pepil ouirset thair ennymes fornens thaym.
1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. B Embattailed in due order, the pikemen in a Macedonian phalanx, the horsemen in their out-wings.
1633 E. Ford Montelyon ii. 21 The Assyrians had made such a slaughter amongst the outwings of the Army, that most of them were slaine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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