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To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.

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Source Word

pinion

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɪnjən/

Verb

transitive figuratively

Japanese Meaning

鳥の翼の一部を切り落とす、または翼を縛るなどして飛べないようにすること

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The breeder decided to pinion the young geese to keep them from flying away.

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ブリーダーは若いガチョウの翼の一部を切って、飛べないようにすることにした。

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Sense（1）

They that meane to fatte Pigions…some…do softly tie their Legges:…some vse onely to pinion them.

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Sense（2）

To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.

“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”

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