winged adj.2
1. wounded.
‘Sur-Names Go By Contraries’ Universal Songster I 11: Mr. Coward was wing’d in a duel. | ||
Peter Simple (1911) 18: The midshipman [...] informed me that the affair was to be decided in the garden behind the inn; that my adversary was a very good shot, and that I must expect to be winged if not drilled. | ||
Peck’s Sunshine 289: A wounded duck [...] being only ‘winged’ had fluttered into the church. | ||
Bushranger’s Sweetheart 294: I think my horse has got winged. | ||
S.F. Call in (1926) 323: [headline] Jack Black, Ex-Convict, and a Leader in the Reign of Terrorism Directed Against Call employees, winged in Market St. | ||
A Rope of Sand (1947) 173: You weren’t winged, were you? | ||
Meanwhile, Back at the Front (1962) 236: This is the third time those bastards winged me. | ||
Nam (1982) 124: The pilot got hit with a burst of automatic weapon fire [...] I got winged. See the scar here on my face? |
2. see winged under wing n.1