Definition of "wing-shot" [wing-shot]

• Shot in the wing.
• Shot while on the wing. See wing-shooting.
• A shot made at a bird on the wing. (noun)
• One who shoots flying birds. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "My late father was a splendid wing-shot on quail and probably did not even know which houses were high and low for skeet, or that there was such a thing as "sporting clays.""
• "I shoot custom chokes, and am a better than average wing-shot, but no complaints about 3 loads here."
• "They had wing-shot three or four ducks when Ray brought down a mallard and went chasing it through the corn patch."