Grammar. 1  Also called objective case. (in English and some other languages) a case specialized for the use of a form as the object of a transitive verb or of a preposition, as him in The boy hit him, or me in He comes to me with his troubles. 2  a word in that case.
pinning-a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin. promise-a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future.
It was a custom in the Roman Catholic Church that women do not enter without a head covering. The practice evolved into pinning a small piece of cloth, often a doilie, to the hair. I recall this clearly from some 30 to 40 years ago.