Definitions for Pinion
ˈpɪn yənpin·ion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. pinionnoun

   a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

2. flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feathernoun

   any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

3. pennon, pinionverb

   wing of a bird

4. pinion, shackleverb

   bind the arms of

5. pinionverb

   cut the wings off (of birds)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pinionnoun

   Etymology: pignon, Fr.

   1. The joint of the wing remotest from the body.2. William Shakespeare seems to use it for a feather or quill of the wing.

   He is pluckt, when hither
   He sends so poor a pinion of his wing. William Shakespeare.

   3. Wing.

   How oft do they with golden pinions cleave
   The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant. Fairy Queen.

   The God, who mounts the winged winds,
   Fast to his feet the golden pinions binds,
   That high through fields of air his flight sustain. Alexander Pope.

   Though fear should lend him pinions like the wind,
   Yet swifter fate will seize him from behind. Jonathan Swift.

   4. The tooth of a smaller wheel, answering to that of a larger.5.Fetters for the hands. Robert Ainsworth

2. To Pinionverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To bind the wings.

   Whereas they have sacrificed to themselves, they become themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune, whose wings they thought by their self-wisdom to have pinioned. Francis Bacon, Essays, №. 24.

   2. To confine by binding the wings.3. To bind the arm to the body.

   A second spear sent with equal force,
   His right arm pierc’d, and holding on, bereft
   His use of both, and pinion’d down his left. Dryden.

   4. To confine by binding the elbows to the sides.

   Swarming at his back the country cry’d,
   And seiz’d and pinion’d brought to court the knight. Dryden.

   5. To shackle; to bind.

   Know, that I will not wait pinion’d at your master’s court; rather make my country’s high pyramids my gibbet, and hang me up in chains. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

   You are not to go loose any longer, you must be pinion’d. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   O loose this frame, this knot of man untie!
   That my free soul may use her wing,
   Which now is pinion’d with mortality,
   As an entangled, hamper’d thing. George Herbert.

   In vain from chains and fetters free,
   The great man boasts of liberty;
   He’s pinion’d up by formal rules of state. John Norris.

   6. To bind to.

   A heavy lord shall hang at ev’ry wit;
   And while on fame’s triumphant car they ride,
   Some slave of mine be pinion’d to their side. Dunciad.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pinion

   A pinion is a round gear—usually the smaller of two meshed gears—used in several applications, including drivetrain and rack and pinion systems.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pinion

   A pinion is a small gear or spindle in machinery, usually engaging with a larger gear to transmit motion, as in the drive mechanism of a vehicle, clock, or other mechanical device. It is typically the gear in a gear system that has the fewest number of teeth. In bird anatomy, pinion can also refer to the outer part of a bird's wing including the flight feathers.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pinionnoun

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

2. Pinionnoun

   a feather; a quill

3. Pinionnoun

   a wing, literal or figurative

4. Pinionnoun

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

5. Pinionnoun

   a fetter for the arm

6. Pinionnoun

   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

7. Pinionverb

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

8. Pinionverb

   to disable by cutting off the pinion joint

9. Pinionverb

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

10. Pinionverb

    hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up

11. Etymology: [OF. pignon a pen, F., gable, pinion (in sense 5); cf. Sp. pion pinion; fr. L. pinna pinnacle, feather, wing. See Pin a peg, and cf. Pen a feather, Pennat, Pennon.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pinion

   A pinion is a round gear used in several applications: ⁕usually the smallest gear in a gear drive train, although in the case of John Blenkinsop's Salamanca, the pinion was rather large. In many cases, such as remote controlled toys, the pinion is also the drive gear. ⁕the smaller gear that drives in a 90-degree angle towards a crown gear in a differential drive. ⁕the small front sprocket on a chain driven motorcycle. ⁕the round gear that engages and drives a rack in a rack and pinion mechanism and against a rack in a rack railway. ⁕in the case of radio-controlled cars with an engine this pinion gear can be referred to as a clutch bell when it is paired with a centrifugal clutch.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pinion

   pin′yun, n. a wing: the joint of a wing most remote from the body of the bird: a small wheel with 'leaves' or teeth working into others.—v.t. to confine the wings of: to cut off the pinion: to confine by binding the arms. [O. Fr. pignon—L. pinna (=penna), wing. Cf. Pen, n.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pinion

   To bind the hands or arms of a person so as to prevent his having the free use of them.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PINION

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pinion is ranked #13612 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pinion surname appeared 2,226 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Pinion.
   
   87.6% or 1,952 total occurrences were White.
   5.7% or 127 total occurrences were Black.
   3.4% or 77 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 25 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.8% or 18 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Disable
   • Gear
   • Restrain

How to pronounce Pinion?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Pinion in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pinion in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pinion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pinion
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Pinion
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinion
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pinion
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Pinion
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Pinion
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html