Found 2 items, similar to Pinioning.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pinion pinion n 1: a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack 2: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird [syn: flight feather , quill, quill feather] 3: wing of a bird [syn: pennon] v 1: bind the arms of [syn: shackle] 2: cut the wings off (of birds)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pinioning Pinion \Pin"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinioning.] 1. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up. “Pinioned up by formal rules of state.” --Norris. [1913 Webster]