pinion (Meaning)
pinion (n)
a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
wing of a bird
pinion (v)
bind the arms of
cut the wings off (of birds)
pinion (n.)
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.
pinion (v. t.)
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.
Synonyms & Antonyms of pinion
FAQs About the word pinion
a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack, any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird, wing of a bird, bind the ar
bind, tie, fetter, enchain, shackle, chain, lash, enfetter, manacle, gyve
emancipate,loose, emancipate, liberate, unfetter, rescue, rescue, unfetter, loose, release
The gear's pinion engaged smoothly with the larger cogwheel.
The pinion of the clockwork rotated rapidly, driving the gears.
The engineer used a special tool to extract the pinion from the bearing.
A high-torque motor was necessary to drive the pinion of the heavy machinery.
