gull wing

gull wing

[′gəl ‚wiŋ] (aerospace engineering) An airplane wing that slants upward from the fuselage for a short distance and then levels out.

gull wing

A wing with a sharp dihedral from the root toward the tip until a 15 to 20% semi-span. Thereafter, there is a little dihedral, or even an anhedral, to the tip.