Usually means: Sailing with sails on opposite sides.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. wing and wing: Merriam-Webster
  2. wing and wing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. wing and wing: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wing and wing: Wordnik
  5. wing-and-wing: Wiktionary
  6. wing and wing: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. wing and wing: Dictionary.com
  8. wing and wing: FreeDictionary.org
  9. wing and wing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Wing and Wing: Latitude Mexico

Definitions from Wikipedia (Wing and wing)

noun:  Wing and wing, Wing on wing, Goosewinging or Goosewinged, is a term used to define, in a fore-and-aft-rigged sailboat, the way to navigate sailing directly downwind, with the mainsail and the foresail extended outwards on opposite sides of the boat, forming a 180º angle, to maximize the projected area of sail exposed to the wind.


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