Sentence example with the word 'pinion'

pinion

anchor, chain, gyve, hopple, link, offshoot, plumule, scapular, straitjacket, tie down

Definition n. a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

Last update: August 18, 2015


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The kidnappers pinioned both the arms of the lady whom they kidnapping.   [verb]

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When the formidable Huron was completely pinioned, the scout released his hold, and Duncan laid his enemy on his back, utterly helpless.   [verb]

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It was like sitting in a vault strewn with dead bodiesthe cap, the noose, the pinioned arms, the faces that he knew, even beneath that hideous veil.   [Please select]

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A slight pounding which had developed was finally located in the pinion of a small gear-wheel that operated the exhaust-valve.   [Please select]

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A butcher was slaughtering an ox before his house, the creature's legs having been pinioned; and his men were busy sharpening their knives to cut up a wild goat.   [verb]

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The master aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arm; and shrieked aloud for the beadle.   [Please select]

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(They hold and pinion Bloom.)   [Please select]

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