Norwegian Meaning of pinion

drevet

Other Norwegian words related to drevet

Definitions and Meaning of pinion in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

pinion (v)

bind the arms of

cut the wings off (of birds)

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

FAQs About the word pinion

drevet

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

binde,kjede,lenke,lenke,Pisk,lenke,slips,vedlegge,bit,begrense

frigjøre,gratis,frigjøre,løs,Utgivelse,redning,frigjøre,skille,Løsrive,løsne

piningly => lengselsfullt, pining => lengsel, pinicola enucleator => Kjernebiter, pinicola => Kortsnabbkjerr, pinic => piknik,