pinion

• A feather
• any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
• wing of a bird
• a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
• bind the arms of
• cut the wings off (of birds)
• A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples
• A wing, literal or figurative
• The joint of bird´s wing most remote from the body
• A fetter for the arm
• A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack)
• To bind or confine the wings of
• To disable by cutting off the pinion joint
• To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body
• Hence, generally, to confine
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Côte d'Ivoire in Savanes
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Lao People's Democratic Republic in Phongsali
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Tajikistan in Sughd

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