Pynner

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A craftsman who makes pins by hand or machine ; a long flap or streamer hanging from the back or side of a woman's old-fashioned cap
2. One who manufactures pins for dressmaking or other uses ; a hanging tab or lappet attached to a traditional headdress or bonnet
3. A tradesman who produces pins ; a decorative strip of cloth that trails from an old style of head covering

Etymology: Pinners were tradesmen who made pins, the small wire fasteners used to hold cloth and clothing together. The word is simply "pin" with the agent ending "-er", the same pattern as "baker" or "tinner," so a pynner was literally a pin-maker. The "y" spelling is an older form of the same word. The name later passed to a piece of dress. A pinner was also a long strip of cloth that hung from a woman's cap and was held in place with pins. The link is practical: the cloth was fastened with pins, so the fastening and the ornament took the same name as the trade that supplied them.