unpinionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

unpinion (third-person singular simple present unpinions, present participle unpinioning, simple past and past participle unpinioned)

1. (transitive) To release (something) from pinions.
   • 1845, B[enjamin] Disraeli, Sybil; or The Two Nations. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:

     the arms of the neophyte were unpinioned, and then his eyes were unbandaged

2. To free from restraint.
   • 1875, Mary Baker Glover, Science and Health

     the ingratitude of the world drew forth the half suppressed “ali sabacthani” that unpinioned for a moment the wings of faith

参照

• “unpinion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.