Definition of Pinion

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Pinion

A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

A feather; a quill.

A wing, literal or figurative.

The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.

A fetter for the arm.

A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis.

To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.

To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.

To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.

Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.

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Pinion Translations

pinion in German is Getrieberad, Ritzel
pinion in Swedish is kuggdrev, bakbinda

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