It tightened sharply and dragged him back, Pinioning his arms to his side.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine
Uttering a smothered roar, he tried to shake off his assailants as they clung to his back and neck, Pinioning his arms, and holding on so closely, that in the dark the figures of the three men seemed like one huge monstrous creature writhing savagely upon the grass.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
"To be ridden down and knocked off my horse was bad enough, with that strapping fellow Pinioning my arms to my side so I couldn't draw my pistol; and old Tartar, perfectly mad with fright-the only time I ever knew him to be so demoralized-tearing at the reins that wouldn't break and that I couldn't loose my arm from, and every time I looked up I saw his fore-feet in the air ready to come down on me-" "And what sort of a looking fellow was it you say that rode you down?"
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell