Definizione monolingua

pinion

pinion (third-person singular simple present pinions, present participle pinioning, simple past and past participle pinioned)

1. To remove the joint of a birds wing farthest from the body to prevent the bird from flying.
2. To restrain by binding or holding the arms.
   • 1607, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, V.ii

     Know, sir that I / Will not wait piniond at your masters court, / Nor once be chastisd with the sober eye / Of dull Octavia.

   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 80

     Nash pinioned his arms behind while Boland seized a long cabbage stump which was lying in the gutter.

   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX

     I was suddenly seized from behind and thrown to earth. As I fell, a warm body fell on top of me, and hands grasped my arms and legs. When I could look up, I saw a number of giant fingers pinioning me down, while others stood about surveying me.

pinion (plural pinions)

1. A wing.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, II.v

     Therefore do nimble-piniond doves draw Love, / And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings.

   • 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

     Never seraph spread a pinion / Over fabric half so fair.

2. The joint of a birds wing farthest from the body
3. The outermost primary feathers on a birds wing.
   • 1607, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, III.xii

     An argument that he is pluckd, when hither / He sends so poor a pinion of his wing ...

Definizione dizionario pinion

pignone

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Altri significati:

The outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.

A wing.

The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body

gear in a gear drive train

To remove the joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body to prevent the bird from flying.

To restrain by binding or holding the arms.

The smallest gear in a gear drive train.