PINIONS — Definition of PINIONS
noun
1
A wing.
2
The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
3
Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
4
A moth of the genus Lithophane.
verb
1
To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
2
To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
3
(transferred sense) To restrain; to limit.
noun
1
The smallest gear in a gear train.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinion
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