pinner

See also: Pinner

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English pynner, pynnere, pinnere, equivalent to pin +‎ -er.

Noun

pinner (plural pinners)

1. Agent noun of pin; one who pins.
   • 2009, Harold Bergsma, The Opium Eaters, page 181:

     This wrestler or pahlwan was a devotee of the old type of wrestling, in which the opponent is thrown down and pinned, unable to get out from under the pinner.

2. A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
3. A cloth band for a gown.
   • 1708, [Jonathan Swift], “The Metamorphosis of Baucis and Philemon, Burlesqu’d; from the 8th Book of Ovid”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. […], London: […] H. Hills, […], published 1709, →OCLC, page 7:

     Inſtead of Home-ſpun quoifs were ſeen / Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen: [...]

   • 1714, J[ohn] Gay, “Friday; or, The Dirge”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: […] R. Burleigh […], →OCLC, page 44, lines 55–58:

     If by the dairy's hatch I chance to hie, / I ſhall her goodly countenance eſpie, / For there her goodly countenance I've ſeen, / Set off with kerchief ſtarch'd and pinners clean.

Derived terms

• pinner-up

 

Etymology 2

Variant of pinder, from Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, equivalent to pend (“to pen”) +‎ -er.

Noun

pinner (plural pinners)

1. (obsolete) One who pins or impounds cattle; a pinder.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pinner m

1. indefinite plural of pinne