Webster dictionary defines "pinner" as:
pinner
\Pin"ner\, n. 1. One who, or that which, pins or fastens, as with pins.
2. (Costume) (a) A headdress like a cap, with long lappets. (b) An apron with a bib; a pinafore. (c) A cloth band for a gown. [Obs.]
With kerchief starched, and pinners clean. --Gay.
3. A pin maker.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
pinner
\Pin"ner\, n. [See Pin to pound.] One who pins or impounds cattle. See Pin, v. t. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
pinner
n : a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on
so i guess we're all wrong????