gull wing

noun

variants or gullwing

ˈgəl-ˌwiŋ

or less commonly gull-wing

plural gull wings or gullwings also gull-wings

: a door on a car or airplane that opens upward from hinges at the top

The doors [of the Pagani Huayra sports car] are gull wings that open upwards …—

Richard Hammond

The "Pixel" [concept car] has doors reminiscent of the DeLorean's gullwings and no instruments other than the driver's iPad.—

Alistair Blair

—usually gullwing or gull-wing when used before another noun

a gull-wing coupe

gullwing doors

also : a car that features gull wings

From its shape to its fanciful … doors, the US $186,000 Mercedes SLS AMG harks back to the classic SL gull-wing of the '50s. —

Lawrence Ulrich

: an airplane wing slanting upward from the fuselage for a short distance and then leveling out

The latest designs for a supersonic jet with "gull wings", which would enable flights between London and New York in 3.5 hours, have just been unveiled.—

Helen Coffey

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McLaren has previously favored dihedral doors, but these are anhedral—colloquially known as gull wings. —

Jason Barlow, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2024 When a future Navigator was previewed as a concept car some years back, it was shown with a giant, birdlike gull wing door on either side, each of which folded up above the roof, exposing a giant opening that provided simultaneous access to the first two of the vehicle’s three rows. —

Brett Berk, Architectural Digest, 16 Aug. 2024