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pintle
[ pin-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.
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pintle1
before 1100; Middle English pintel penis, Old English; cognate with Old Danish pintel
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pintle1
Old English pintel penis
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Example Sentences
The rudder also was found to be much injured, the rudder-head being split through the centre, as low down as the upper pintle.
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Pintle, pin′tl, n. a little pin: a long iron bolt: the bolt or pin on which the rudder of a ship turns.
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It will be noted that the truck center pintle is in fact the fulcrum for this leverage.
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The barbette carriage revolves about a central pintle, or axis, and turns the gun around with it.
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Her timbers had started, her sides were coated with green weed; her rudder, wrenched from its pintle, lay hopelessly askew.
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