Clues for the word "PINION"

We've had 18 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 22 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Family Time crossword on January 23, 2023.

Definition of pinion

n. - A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
n. - A feather; a quill.
n. - A wing, literal or figurative.
n. - The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
n. - A fetter for the arm.
n. - A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis.
v. t. - To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
v. t. - To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
v. t. - To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
v. t. - Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.