What is "in pawn"

Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See Pane.]

1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.

   As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i. e., interest].
   --Bacon.

2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise. [R.]

   Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.
   --Shak.

   As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness.
   --Donne.

3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic]

   My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies.
   --Shak.

   In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. ``Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn.''
   --Shak.

   Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.