pinioned

1. 1.

   (of birds) especially having the flight feathers

   Similarwinged
2. 2.

   bound fast especially having the arms restrained

   Similarbound

Questions about pinioned

What does pinioned mean?

pinioned means "(of birds) especially having the flight feathers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pinioned?

pinioned has 3 syllables: pi-nio-ned. The stress falls on "pi".

Is pinioned a common word?

pinioned is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.