Pinioned

//ˈpɪn.jənd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of pinion form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    bound fast especially having the arms restrained wordnet
  2. 2
    (of birds) especially having the flight feathers wordnet

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boundwinged

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""Lo, now to Priam, with exulting cries, / the Dardan shepherds drag a youth unknown, / with hands fast pinioned, and in captive guise. / Caught on the way, by cunning of his own, / this end to compass, and betray the town. / Prepared for either venture, void or fear, / the crafty purpose of his mind to crown, / or meet sure death.""

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