Definitions
A small cap or head covering with pinned flaps.
Word origin
From Middle English pynner, pynnere, pinnere, equivalent to pin + -er.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“Inſtead of Home-ſpun quoifs were ſeen / Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen: [...]”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Flapped cap”6 letters
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