A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
The victorycondition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
A leg.
Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn ("pin, peg, bolt"), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnÅ, *pint-, from Proto-Indo-European *bend- ("protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge"). Related to pen.
Cognate with Dutch pin ("peg, pin"), Low German pin, pinne, German Pinn, Pinne, Bavarian Pfonzer, Pfunzer, Danish pind ("pin, pointed stick"), Norwegian pinn ("stick"), Swedish pinne ("peg, rod, stick"), Icelandic pinni ("pin"). More at pintle.
No relation to classical Latin pinna ("fin, flipper, wing-like appendage, wing, feather"), which was extended to mean "ridge, peak, point" (compare pinnacle), and often confused with Latin penna ("wing, feather"). More at feather and pen (Etymology 3).
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