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pinner

/ˈpɪnə(ɹ)//pɪnə/

pinner noun: a headdress like a cap, with long lappets. Also the agent noun of pin.

Noun (1)

pinner (plural pinners)

  1. A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
  2. A cloth band for a gown.
    • Inſtead of Home-ſpun quoifs were ſeen / Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen: [...]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
    • 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.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

Noun (2)

pinner (plural pinners)

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

Proper noun capitalized: Pinner

Pinner

  1. A suburb in the borough of Harrow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1289).
  2. A surname.

Also used as

pinner is also the agent noun of pin.

Forms of pinner

pluralpinners

Origin of pinner

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

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

Words formed from pinner

Words that rhyme with pinner

Questions about pinner

What does pinner mean?
Pinner means a headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
What part of speech is pinner?
Pinner can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pinner?
Pinner is pronounced /ˈpɪnə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of pinner?
The plural of pinner is pinners.

Words near pinner in the dictionary

  1. pinnee
  2. pinnees
  3. Pinnelhill
  4. Pinnell
  5. Pinnells
  6. pinner
  7. pinner-up
  8. pinners
  9. pinners-up
  10. pinnet
  11. pinnets

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