pinner

P3I1N1N1E1R1
/ˈpɪnə(ɹ)/UK/pɪnə/

noun

A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.

Meanings

pinner1

nounpinner (plural pinners)

plural pinners

  1. agentAgent noun of pin; one who pins.

    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.

    2009, Harold Bergsma, The Opium Eaters, page 181
  2. A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
  3. 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
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    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

pinner2

nounpinner (plural pinners)

plural pinners

  1. obsoleteOne who pins or impounds cattle; a pinder.

Pinner3

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

Origin

pinner · noun

  1. Middle Englishpynner
  2. Englishpinner

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

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pinner · noun

  1. Middle Englishpindere
  2. Englishpinner

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

pinner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinner

MLA

“pinner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinner.

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