pinioned

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. (of birds) especially having the flight feathers
  2. bound fast especially having the arms restrained
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pinion \Pin"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinioning.]

1.To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2.To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

3.To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]

4.Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up. "Pinioned up by formal rules of state." --Norris. [1913 Webster]

Pinioned \Pin"ioned\, a. Having wings or pinions. [1913 Webster]
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