Pi"geon*wing` (?), n. 1.
A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
2. An old mode of dressing men's side hair in
a form likened to a pigeon's wings; also, a wig similarly
shaped.
3. (Dancing) A fancy step executed by
jumping and striking the legs together; as, to cut a
pigeonwing.
4. A certain fancy figure in
skating.
5. (Tempering) A color, brown shaded
with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of
colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.