pindownn.
/ˈpɪndaʊn/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌdaʊn/ 1. Military (originally U.S.). The action or fact of restricting the movement of troops, positions, etc., by means of air power or guided missile systems. Hence, of a soldier, military unit, etc.: inability to manoeuvre. Frequently attributive.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > grounding of missiles
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1944 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 10 Aug. 4/1 The ‘pin-down’ blockade..is designed to pin down offending individuals and tribes..until land forces can catch up with them.
1971 Operations Res. 19 1216 Those who wish to challenge the possibility of a pin-down attack by the Soviets must treat all reasonable tactics that might lead to pin-down, and demonstrate that none of them will succeed.
1993 Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 Aug. 10 We had to go in risking an armoured vehicle and the whole crew to get one of these jerks out of a nasty pindown.
2. Wrestling. = pinfall n.2 Frequently attributive.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > manoeuvres
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1948 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 16 Jan. 17/3 The pin-down boys for coach Orville Orr's crew.
1959 C. M. Wilson Magnificent Scufflers 16 By current AAU rules the pindown time is one second; in collegiate wrestling (NCAA rules) it is two seconds.
1996 Australian (Nexis) 11 Mar. While in the far corner wrestlers in swimming costumes practised pin-downs.
3. In the United Kingdom: a practice formerly carried out in certain children's homes whereby children were punished by being placed in solitary confinement; (a period of) such confinement. Frequently attributive.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > in solitary confinement
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pindown1985
1984 R. Cruddace Log-bk. Entry 20 Jan. in A. Levy & B. Kahan Pindown Experience (1991) v. 36 Phil and Tony visited and pinned down J—— confined to his bedroom unless requested staff to come out..to be kept from R—— and all times no contact.]
1985 in A. Levy & B. Kahan Pindown Experience (1991) vi. 60 Pindown–no-contact–schooling in his room or Duke's Lodge if Tony requires him.
1991 Independent 28 May 4/8 For the whole of the time in pin down I never saw another resident. My only contact was with the workers when they came to give me food.
2000 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Aug. Her report with Levy was the fruit of their investigation into so-called ‘pindown’ abuse at four children's homes in Staffordshire between 1983 and 1989.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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