Associations to the word «Pinion»
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Wiktionary
PINION, noun. A wing.
PINION, noun. (ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
PINION, noun. (ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
PINION, noun. A moth of the genus Lithophane.
PINION, noun. (obsolete) A fetter for the arm.
PINION, verb. (with the bird or the wing as the object) To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
PINION, verb. (with the person or the arms as the object) To bind the arms of any one, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding; to shackle.
PINION, verb. In transferred senses or in figurative use
PINION, verb. To bind fast to something, or together.
PINION, noun. The smallest gear in a gear drive train.
PINION WIRE, noun. Wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions.
Dictionary definition
PINION, noun. A gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack.
PINION, noun. Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird.
PINION, noun. Wing of a bird.
PINION, verb. Bind the arms of.
PINION, verb. Cut the wings off (of birds).
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