When they are aboute fortnights olde (for they must bee driven noe longer) yow must watch where the henne useth to sitte on nights, and come when it beginneth to bee darke and throwe somethinge over the henne as shee broodeth them, then take and clippe every of theire right wings. Then when they are aboute moneths old, yow must come after the same manner and pinnion or cutte a joynte of every of theire right winges.
The Swanners gette up the younge swannes about midsummer 24 June and footemarke them for the owners, and then doe they allsoe pinnion them, cuttinge a joynte of theire right winges, and then att Michaellmasse 29 Sept. doe they bringe them hoame, or else bringe hoame some, and leave the rest att some of the mills and wee sende for them.
Suppoſe, thou Fortune could to tameneſs bring, // And clip or pinion her wing; // Suppoſe thou could’ſt on Fate ſo far prevail // As not to cut off thy Entail.
1727, Peter Longueville, Philip Quarll (1816), page 67:
The two old ducks…being pinioned, could not fly away.
1849, Daniel Jay Browne, The American Poultry Yard (1855), page 242:
They…should have been pinioned at the first joint of the wing.
puhekieltä To bind the arms of any one, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding; to shackle.
I was suddenly seized from behind and thrown to earth. As I fell, a warm body fell on top of me, and hands grasped my arms and legs. When I could look up, I saw a number of giant fingers pinioning me down, while others stood about surveying me.