wickerbill

wickerbill
 n.— «Wickerbill—Also called a “Gurney flap or Gurney lip,” this piece of equipment is used to create down force on a Sprint car wing.» —“Learning the Lernerville lingo” by Paul Kogut Valley News Dispatch (Tarentum, Pa.) May 14, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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