Meaning

2 senses
  1. Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”).

  2. (archaic)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.

Origin

From water + wing. Compare German Schwimmflügel (“water wing”, literally “swim-wing”).

From water + wing. Compare German Schwimmflügel (“water wing”, literally “swim-wing”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

water wing — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto