Pinioned
['pinjənd]
Definition
(adj.) bound fast especially having the arms restrained .
(adj.) (of birds) especially having the flight feathers .
Editor: Sasha--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Pinion
(a.) Having wings or pinions.
Checker: Wyatt
Examples
- When I was clear of the house, a black muffler was drawn tightly over my mouth from behind, and my arms were pinioned. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And then a living mass of destruction sprang from the surrounding darkness full upon the creature that held me pinioned to the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He could not brush it off with his hands poor fellow, they being pinioned. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The master aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arm; and shrieked aloud for the beadle. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was like sitting in a vault strewn with dead bodies--the cap, the noose, the pinioned arms, the faces that he knew, even beneath that hideous veil. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Her young friend sat nervously twiddling her fingers in a pinioned attitude, as if she were trying to hide her elbows. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Why, no; only Joe Scott's wrists were a little galled with being pinioned too tightly behind his back. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Checker: Wyatt