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Webster 1913 Edition
Pintle
1.
A little pin.
2.
(Mech.)
An upright pivot pin
; as: (a)
The pivot pin of a hinge.
(b)
A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.
(c)
A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.
(d)
A kingbolt of a wagon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pintle
PIN'TLE
,Noun.