pintle

American  

[pin-tl] / ˈpɪn tl /

noun

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

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

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

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pintle British  

/ ˈpɪntəl /

noun

1. a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of pintle

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

Example Sentences

There we met a strong southerly gale, and in the middle of it a pintle of our rudder gave way and the loose rudder damaged our stern-post.

From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Likewise, her stern-post being rotten, she lost a pintle, and the helm began to look fifty ways for Sunday.

From The Mayor of Troy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

You will find the goods sunk astern, and the buoy-rope to them fastened to the lower pintle of the rudder.

From Jacob Faithful by Marryat, Frederick

The "acorn" is the head of the "pintle" or pin that passes thru the knuckle.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

With a gun on a travelling-carriage, to release it from the limber, by lifting the trail off the pintle and placing it on the ground, thus bringing it to the position for action.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir