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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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pinion1 terminal segment of a bird's wing, (gen.) wing. XV. — OF.
pignon pl. wing-feathers, wings, (now only ‘gable’):- Rom. *
pinniō, -
ōn-, augm. of L.
pinna PIN.
Hence
pinion vb. cut the pinions of; bind the arms OF. XVI.
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