batwing

batwing
/bat"wing'/, adj.
1. formed, shaped, etc., in the manner of a bat's wing or wings.
2. (of a garment or part of a garment) resembling or conceived of as resembling the wing or wings of a bat, as a loose long sleeve (batwing sleeve) having a deep armhole and a tight wrist.
[1955-60; BAT2 + WING]

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