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Pinioning

Pinion \Pin"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinioning.]

  1. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
    --Bacon.

  2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
    --Johnson.

  3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
    --Shak.

    Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips.
    --Cowper.

  4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up. ``Pinioned up by formal rules of state.''
    --Norris.

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pinioning

vb. (present participle of pinion English)

Wikipedia
Pinioning

Pinioning is the act of surgically removing one pinion joint, the joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body, to prevent flight. Pinioning is often done to waterfowl and poultry. It is not typically done to companion bird species such as parrots.

Usage examples of "pinioning".

Because of the pinioning effect of Christiansen's hands on his ankles he'd been unaware, until now, how much less difficult it had become to maintain position on that ice-sheathed roof, unaware how much the pendulum swaying of the cable-car had been reduced.

Ilona fought and struggled as somebody knelt over her, pinioning her to the ground with a throat hold, the other arm raised, fingers clenched over something long and thin .

He felt a myriad of little three-fingered hands running all over his space-suit, hugging his legs, pinioning his arms.

Gifford was holding Kiernan, pinioning the smaller man's arms behind his back.

He came fully awake and knew that the dark shapes were really there, forcing him down, pinioning his arms and legs.

A body of purple-robed soldiers had burst in on them during the night, pinioning them to their beds and quickly disarming them before they had a chance to use their weapons or their powers.

He felt a myriad of little three-fingered hands running all over his spacesuit, hugging his legs, pinioning his arms.

At the precise extreme of one probe she stabbed, pinioning the tongue to the rock.

With a sudden effortless movement he swept her down, pinioning her to the bed beside him.

At once the four coolie diners fell on him from behind, pinioning his arms and holding him helpless, while another strapped a stiff high collar around his neck.

She began to fight back but he caught her hands expertly and stretched her out with his great strength and lay across her, his loins pinioning her, making her helpless.