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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.
Definition 2025
pintle
pintle
English
Noun
pintle (plural pintles)
- (now dialectal) The ****.
- (nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
- 2005, James Meek, The People’s Act of Love, Canongate (2006), page 31:
- The train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:pintle.
- 2005, James Meek, The People’s Act of Love, Canongate (2006), page 31:
- (gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
Translations
pivot for a hinge
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