offwing

English

Adjective

offwing (not comparable)

1. Occurring with the engines removed from the aircraft.
   • 2004, Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures and Other Strategic Alliances, page 1117:

     Federal Express relied upon Ingram Industries in arguing that the expenses related to its offwing maintenance program should be deductible as repairs to the aircraft, just as the repairs to the tugboat engines in Ingram Industries were deductible.

   • 2005, Martin W. Bowman, Stratofortress: The Story of the B-52, page 116:

     Engine removal rates for commercial engines are lower and in the case of the B-52H, it has been believed that the interval between installation and any expensive 'offwing' repairs or maintenance might be longer than the remaining B-52H.

   • 2015, Michael Loong, The essentials of airplane maintenance:

     Engine test facility offers the opportunity of convenient testing of an offwing engine with recurring operational problems that are difficult to troubleshoot.

2. Attached to and descending from the wing of an aircraft.
   • 1999, Federal Register - Volume 64, Issues 196-199, page 55643:

     Airbus also has issued Service Bulletin A320-25-1156, Revision 01, dated February 2, 1990, which describes procedures for an additional modification of the offwing escape slides.

   • 2001, Jason T. Fedok, Evacuation slide and slide/raft reliability:

     At exit 3L, the offwing slide/raft portion of the escape system did not inflate.

   • 2004, Federal Aviation Administration, Far-fc 2005: FAR for Flight Crew, page 450:

     Unless the airplane is equipped with an offwing descent means, stands or ramps may be used for descent from the wing to the ground.

   • 2015, Helperus Ritzema Rautenbach, Ryan Schmidt, Systems and devices for installing an evacuation slide actuation cable in a connection box assembly of an emergency evacuation slide and overwing door actuation system interface (US patent 9755347B2):

     The mechanical interface between the offwing emergency evacuation slide assembly and manual handle to an overwing door inflation actuation system interface is depicted.

Noun

offwing (plural offwings)

1. (field hockey or ice hockey) The wing that is on the opposite side to the player's dominant hand.
   • 1980, Gerald Eskenazi, Miracle on ice, page 16:

     The Czechoslovaks' stick work is exquisite, and they also exploit their use of the "offwing" — a right-handed shooter, for example, will play the left wing.

   • 1986, Coaching Review- Volume 9:

     If they have the ability, it is recommended players play their offwing, e.g., right-handed shots play left-side positions ( P1, P2, P4).

   • 2019, Wilbert Timmermans, “Toronto Maple Leafs: Solving the John Tavares Conundrum”, in Fansided:

     It would require moving Nylander to his offwing on the left, from which he can be lethal with his shot.