Meaning Of Pinion

n.

A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

n.

A feather; a quill.

n.

A wing, literal or figurative.

n.

The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.

n.

A fetter for the arm.

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.

v. t.

To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.

v. t.

To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.

v. t.

To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.

v. t.

Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.