English Dictionary

pinion

/ˈpɪnjən/

noun

A wing. / (ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body. / (ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing. / A moth of the genus Lithophane.

The bird's pinion was injured and it couldn't fly.

意味（1）

A wing.

Therefore do nimble Pinion'd Doues draw Loue,

Therefore do nimble Pinion'd Doues draw Loue, And therefore hath the wind-ſwift Cupid wings:

意味（2）

(ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.

意味（3）

(ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.

An argument that he is pluckt, when hither / He ſends ſo poore a Pinnion of his Wing,

意味（4）

A moth of the genus Lithophane.