pinioned

An archaic adjective meaning having wings or being restrained by binding the arms or wings; now rarely used in modern English.

• 🇷🇺Устаревшее прилагательное, означающее имеющий крылья или связанный за руки или крылья; в современном английском используется редко.

1. Having flight feathers clipped C2 formal

   (Of a bird) having the flight feathers of the wings clipped or removed, preventing flight.

   • The pinioned swan could no longer take to the air.
   • Farmers kept the pinioned geese in the enclosure.
   • The pinioned bird was unable to escape its pen.

   🇷🇺С подрезанными крыльями

   Синонимы: clipped

   Антонимы: flyingfree

2. Bound or restrained C2 formal

   Having the arms or wings tied or held fast, preventing movement.

   • The prisoner was pinioned by the guards.
   • He stood pinioned against the wall, unable to move.
   • The eagle was pinioned with leather straps.

   🇷🇺Связанный или обездвиженный

   Синонимы: boundchainedfastenedfetteredrestrainedshackledtetheredtied

   Антонимы: freeunboundunrestrained

• more pinioned comparative form
• most pinioned superlative form

An archaic verb meaning to bind or restrain someone's arms, especially by tying them to the body or to a fixed object.

• 🇷🇺Устаревший глагол, означающий связывать или сковывать чьи-либо руки, особенно привязывая их к телу или к неподвижному предмету.

1. Bind the arms of C1 formal

   To restrain or immobilize someone by holding or tying their arms.

   • The guards pinioned the prisoner's arms behind his back.
   • She was pinioned by the crowd and could not escape.
   • He pinioned his opponent's arms to the ground.

   🇷🇺Связать руки

   Синонимы: bindfetterimmobilizemanaclerestrainshackletie uptruss

   Антонимы: freeliberatereleaseunbinduntie

2. Cut the wings off C2 formal

   To cut off the pinion (the outer part of a bird's wing) to prevent flight.

   • The falconer pinioned the hawk to keep it from flying away.
   • They pinioned the young birds to stop them from leaving the nest.
   • In some practices, birds are pinioned for domestication.

   🇷🇺Подрезать крылья

   Синонимы: clipcutdocklopsheartrim

• pinioned past participle
• pinioned past simple
• pinioning present participle
• pinions third person singular