pinioned

as inpin
as inrestrain
as insecure
as inbind
as inimmobilize
as indisable

Synonyms for pinioned

verb attach, hold in place

Antonyms for pinioned

Word Origin & History

"wing joint, segment of a bird's wing," mid-15c., from Old French pignon "wing-feather, wing, pinion" (c.1400), from Vulgar Latin *pinnionem (nominative *pinnio), augmentative of Latin pinna "wing" (see pin (n.)).

Example Sentences for pinioned

He felt the paper thrust into his hands, reached for her wrists, and pinioned them.

Unarmed and taken at a vantage, I was struck down and pinioned in a moment.

Responsive to that gesture, Gonzaga faced the pinioned captain truculently.

The same tentacle, assisted by a new one, pinioned his shoulders.

Then as it descended between his legs he found one of them pinioned.

The babui was a prisoner, pinioned to the ground by a fallen tree!

They were crushed and pinioned in that prison of steel, and mightily they tried to burst it.

But when he stood beneath the cross-arm to be pinioned, his legs played him traitor.

But my men dashed up, knocked his feet from under him and pinioned him to the ground.

The rope had looped him about the body and pinioned his arms at the same time.