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.
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2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. --Johnson.
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3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms,
esp. by binding the arms to the body. --Shak.
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Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips. --Cowper.
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4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.
“Pinioned up by formal rules of state.” --Norris.
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