English Dictionary

pinion

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɪnjən/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法

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

日本語の意味

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

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

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。

意味（1）

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

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

意味（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. […]”

意味（3）

(transferred sense, figuratively) To restrain; to limit.

Know, sir that I / Will not wait pinion'd at your master's court, / Nor once be chastis'd with the sober eye / Of dull Octavia.

pinions （ present singular third-person ）

pinioning （ participle present ）

pinioned （ participle past ）

pinioned （ past ）