D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Water wing

/wôt'-ẽr wĭng/ · Wa·ter wing · IPA
01 One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the b…
  1. 1.
    One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.(Arch.)