ウィングチップ

noun

wingtip shoe; full brogues

Refers to a style of men's dress shoe with a pointed toe cap having a W-shaped extension resembling wings. In Japanese fashion contexts, it is a specific type of leather shoe.

• 彼かれはスーツに合あわせて黒くろのウィングチップを履はいている。

  He is wearing black wingtip shoes with his suit.

noun

wing tip (aviation)

Technical term in aviation for the tip of an aircraft wing. Often used in compound terms like ウィングチップ・デバイス (wingtip device).

See also: 翼端

• 最さい新しんの旅りょ客かく機きにはウィングチップに特とく殊しゅな装そう置ちが付ついている。

  The latest airliners have special devices on the wing tips.