¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinnets
1. pinnet [n] - See also: pinnet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinnets
Literary usage of Pinnets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Horace Binney Wallace (1847)
"The same doctrine is laid down in pinnets case. It is clear, if the creditor had
the money itself, he might buy with it a thing of however inferior value, ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1837)
"... moonlight battlements, the hall With revelry resounds, and see ! the Morn O'er
yon grey pinnets sheds a glory born Of Hope, prophetic of no second fall. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1856)
"Newland (b). (On the question of waiver, he cited 16 Vin. Abr. 278, tit.
Payment (M); Anonymous (c) case in Cro. Eliz.; PinneTs Case (d) ..."
4. Poems of Places by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1876)
"... and taper spires above, The pinnets and the gray embattled walls, And masts
that throng around the southern pier Shine all distinct in light; and mark, ..."
Other Resources:
