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Meanings of pinion in inglês

português
pluma
catalão
rèmige

Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird.

        pluma

        Wing of a bird.

              Bind the arms of.

                    Synonyms
                    Examples for "shackle"
                    Examples for "shackle"
                    1
                    To these people I say: Getting out of bed is a shackle.
                    Gunn's golden rules
                    2
                    Skylan had feared the soldiers of Oran would try to shackle Wulfe.
                    Secret of the Dragon
                    3
                    I would never let myself be his shackle- Ilovedhim too much.
                    The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
                    4
                    Her light touch on his arm was the very shackle of fate.
                    Up the Hill and Over
                    5
                    Who dares frame it in fear, or shackle it in invented proscriptions?
                    Forge of Darkness
                    Usage of pinion in inglês
                    1
                    This register gate was moved by means of a segment and pinion.
                    Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891
                    2
                    Thanky, dear, you'r welcome to my 'pinion ef it's wuth any thing.
                    Work: A Story of Experience
                    3
                    Her good name, with the rapidity of the eagle's pinion, was forfeited!
                    Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
                    4
                    But it's my 'pinion you'll just damage the ship, an' do nothin'.'
                    The Magic Egg, and Other Stories
                    5
                    Room through which the steering shaft moves to turn the pinion.
                    Wired
                    6
                    Day after day the sky was peerless blue, if pinion-quaking cold.
                    Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
                    7
                    The focusing is done by means of a rack and pinion.
                    Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891
                    8
                    One bevel pinion is all the repairs this mill has required.
                    Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884
                    9
                    Not till he had worn himself out could they pinion him.
                    Man-Size
                    10
                    This is the cannon pinion and this friction fits onto your center wheel.
                    Wired
                    11
                    You picked a bad time to disparage hummus and pinion nut sandwiches, mister.
                    The witch of agnesi
                    12
                    Who shall say, then, what lands shall be overshadowed by the full-grown pinion?
                    American Scenes, and Christian Slavery / A Recent Tour of Four T...
                    13
                    Why, it's my 'pinion we've tasted nothin' since daybreak this mornin'.
                    The Dog Crusoe and his Master
                    14
                    It's my 'pinion if missus lives much longer she'll be queerer'n Dick's hatband.
                    A Little Girl in Old Boston
                    15
                    I think it just shucked the pinion and it had no power after that.
                    Reuters
                    16
                    He had Ingra doubled over his knee and was endeavoring to pinion his hands.
                    A Columbus of Space
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                    Translations for pinion
                    português
                    plumapena
                    catalão
                    rèmige
                    Pinion through the time
                    Pinion across language varieties
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