What is "to wing a flight"

Wing \Wing\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winged; p. pr. & vb. n. Winging.]

1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.

   Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms.
   --Pope.

   Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours.
   --Longfellow.

2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.

   The main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse.
   --Shak.

3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.

   I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough.
   --Shak.

4. To move through in flight; to fly through.

   There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns its point to him.
   --Moore.

5. To cut off the wings of or to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird; also, [fig.] to wound the arm of a person.

   To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying; to fly.