pinion

(noun, verb)

noun

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

Definition categories: man–made, cogwheel, gear

2. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

Similar word(s): quill

Definition categories: animal, feather, plumage, plume

3. wing of a bird

Similar word(s): pennon

Definition categories: animal, wing

verb

1. bind the arms of

Similar word(s): shackle

Definition categories: contact, confine, constrain, hold, restrain

2. cut the wings off (of birds)

Definition categories: change, disable, disenable, incapacitate