Pinion

Noun

 * 1) A wing.
 * , II.v
 * Therefore do nimble-pinion'd doves draw Love, / And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings.
 * 1) * 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
 * Never seraph spread a pinion / Over fabric half so fair.
 * 1) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body
 * 2) The outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
 * , III.xii
 * An argument that he is pluck'd, when hither / He sends so poor a pinion of his wing ...

Verb

 * 1) To remove the joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body to prevent the bird from flying.
 * 2) To restrain by binding or holding the arms.
 * , V.ii
 * Know, sir that I / Will not wait pinion'd at your master's court, / Nor once be chastis'd with the sober eye / Of dull Octavia.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 1918,, 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.

Noun

 * 1) The smallest gear in a gear drive train.
 * 2) * 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial
 * A certain period elapses, and some unseen mysterious principle again sets in motion the magic pinions and the wizard wheels.

Adjectives for Pinion
regal; outworn; borrowed; stooping; joyful; daring; downy; soft-tinted; lightning-braided; fearless; delighted; dusky; trembling; celestial; unimpeded; swanlike; silver; timorous; exultant.

Thesaurus
anchor, appendage, arm, bind, bough, branch, bridle, chain, crest, enchain, entrammel, fasten, feather, fetter, gyve, hackle, hamper, hand, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, hopple, imp, joint, lash, leash, leg, limb, link, lobe, lobule, make fast, manacle, member, moor, offshoot, organ, panache, peg down, picket, pin down, plume, plumule, put in irons, quill, ramification, restrain, rope, runner, scapular, scion, secure, shackle, spray, sprig, spur, straitjacket, strap, switch, tail, tendril, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, topknot, trammel, tuft, twig, wing

Etymology 1
From Latin penna, meaning feather

Noun

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Derived terms

 * rack and pinion