Definition of pinion Pinion

/pɪˈnjʌn/ - [pinyun] - pin•ion

We found 24 definitions of pinion from 6 different sources.

What does pinion mean?

Noun Plural: pinions
pinion - a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
		cogwheel, gear wheel, geared wheel, gear a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
pinion - any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
		flight feather, quill, quill feather
		plumage, feather, plume turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
		wing a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
		primary feather, primary quill, primary a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
pinion - wing of a bird
		pennon
		wing a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
		bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Verb pinions, pinioning, pinioned
pinion - cut the wings off (of birds)
		disenable, disable, incapacitate injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"
pinion - bind the arms of
		shackle
		restrain, confine, hold hold back

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pinion (Noun)
A wing.
pinion (Noun)
The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
pinion (Noun)
The outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
pinion (Noun)
The smallest gear in a gear drive train.
pinion (Verb)
To remove the joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body to prevent the bird from flying.
pinion (Verb)
To restrain by binding or holding the arms.

pinion (n.)
A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
pinion (n.)
A feather; a quill.
pinion (n.)
A wing, literal or figurative.
pinion (n.)
The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
pinion (n.)
A fetter for the arm.
pinion (n.)
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.
pinion (v. t.)
To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
pinion (v. t.)
To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
pinion (v. t.)
To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
pinion (v. t.)
Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.

pinion
pin′yun, n. a wing: the joint of a wing most remote from the body of the bird: a small wheel with 'leaves' or teeth working into others.—v.t. to confine the wings of: to cut off the pinion: to confine by binding the arms. [O. Fr. pignon—L. pinna (=penna), wing. Cf. Pen, n.]

pinion
To bind the hands or arms of a person so as to prevent his having the free use of them.

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pinion in sign language