Middle English Dictionary Entry
piniọ̄n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | piniọ̄n n. Also pinoun. |
| Etymology | OF penon, pignon. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The wing of a bird; also, the terminal segment of a bird's wing; ~ fether.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)113a/a : Be þe fleshez þus preperate..brissed or stamped with þe whenge or pinion of a hen [Ch.(2): capownes wenge; L ala galline] & alitel gyngyuer.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)400 : Pynyon, of a wynge: Pennula.
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)leaf b j/a : The federis that sum call the pynyon feder of a noder fowle, of an hawke it is calde the Sercell.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)104/5 : Take þe blode of þe pynoun of a swalugh and drope in þe eye.