bind the arms of The prisoners having dismounted, were placed in a line on the ground facing the guillotine, their arms pinioned. — Various

The outside of a bird’s wing; may also refer to the process of cutting off the pinion to keep a bird from being able to fly

"disable by binding the arms," 1550s, older in English than literal sense "cut or bind the pinions (of a bird's wing) to prevent flying" (1570s); from pinion (n.1). Related: P [..]

"small wheel with teeth to gear with a larger one" (as in rack and pinion), 1650s, from French pignon "pinion" (16c.), literally "gable," from Old French pignon "poi [..]

"wing joint, segment of a bird's wing," mid-15c., from Old French pignon "wing-feather, wing, pinion" (c. 1400), from Vulgar Latin *pinnionem (nominative *pinnio), augmentativ [..]

The smaller of two mating or meshing gears; can be either the driving or the driven gear.

To bind or shackle.

The wing tip of a bird.

(n) a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack(n) any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird(n) wing of a bird(v) bind the arms of(v) cut the wings off (of [..]

To remove or bind the wing feathers of a bird to prevent flight.

The smaller of the two meshing gears is called pinion.

Smaller gears in the Movement which are solid - as opposed to Wheels which are usually spoked.

A type of gear that has small teeth that mesh with other, larger gears. Pinion Gear

A type of gear that has small teeth that mesh with other, larger gears.

The small gear which drives a larger brass gear or other device that will be the receptor of the power transmitted through the

A pinion is the smaller Gear in a pair of mating gears and is usually the drive gear. It is very often installed as a unit with the drive Shaft, in which case the unit is referred to as a pinion shaft [..]

The very end of a fowls wing.

The smallest gear of a gear drivetrain. The pinion can be either the driving or the driver gear and is often used in cars as differential pinion or in a rack-and-pinion steering mechanism.

the smaller of two mating or meshing gears; may apply to either the driving or the driven gear.

A wing. *(translator),(author), ''Foure Bookes of Husbandrie'', book iv (1586), page 169: *: They that meane to fatte Pigions…some…do softly tie their Legges:…some vse onely to pinion them. * ''' [..]