PINTLE

pintle

(noun) a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

pintle (plural pintles)

(now dialectal) The penis, or tarse.

(nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.

(gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.

Anagrams

• leptin, pintel

Source: Wiktionary

Pin"tle, n. Etym: [A diminutive of Pin.]

1. A little pin.

2. (Mech.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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