[
FEW:
12,181a spina; Gdf:
6,165b pine 2; GdfC:
∅; TL:
∅; DEAF:
∅; DMF:
pine 2; TLF:
∅; OED:
pin n.1; MED:
pin n.; DMLBS:
2285c pinna
]
pinne; pl. pinnis
While possibly an aphetic form of espine (cf. DMF and FEW), the word in Anglo-Norman is more likely to be a borrowing from English (Old English pin), which itself is believed to derive from Classical Latin pinna ('feather', see penne1).
2footwearleather patch or laminate that is attached to the vamp of the shoe for custom fitting:
(
MS: s.xiii
) Pictaciarii viles sunt qui consuunt sotulares veteres renovando pictacia et intercutia, soleas et inpedias gloss: (L) vampes, les pinnes(var.
(D: s.xiii/xiv) empenes;
(D*: s.xiii/xiv) enpeyns, wanpeys
)i 197.24 and ii 129.24