pinion.
A wing.
Meaning & usage
A wing.
The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
A moth of the genus Lithophane.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pynyon, from Old French pignon, from Latin penna (“feather”).
To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
To restrain; to limit.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pynyon, from Old French pignon, from Latin penna (“feather”).
The smallest gear in a gear train.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French pignon.
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