pintle

[ pin-tl ]

/ ˈpɪn tl /

noun

a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.

a pin, bolt, or hook by which a gun or the like is attached to the rear of a towing vehicle.

a cast iron or steel base for a wooden post, often cast in a single piece with a cap for a lower post.

Nearby words

Origin of pintle

before 1100; Middle English pintel penis, Old English; cognate with Old Danish pintel

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Examples from the Web for pintle

A speek was a large nail; a pintle, then as now, a rudder-pin.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period|Various
It took but a minute to adjust the pintle, and Wilbur regained the deck again, dripping and a little pale.
Moran of the Lady Letty|Frank Norris
On the trail transom, pintle plates rimmed the hole that went over the pintle on the limber.
Artillery Through the Ages|Albert Manucy
Charlie, tell him what's wanted; we can't work the pintle in from the deck.
Moran of the Lady Letty|Frank Norris

Pintle, pin′tl, n. a little pin: a long iron bolt: the bolt or pin on which the rudder of a ship turns.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pintle

pintle

/ (ˈpɪntəl) /

noun

a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge

the link bolt, hook, or pin on a vehicle's towing bracket

the needle or plunger of the injection valve of an oil engine

Word Origin for pintle

Old English pintel penis

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