pintle

IPA: pˈɪntʌɫ

noun

  • (now dialectal) The penis.
  • (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.
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Examples of "pintle" in Sentences

  • It was not a pintle mounting as such.
  • This was a simple cart with a pintle.
  • Lay a hinge or pintle on a flat surface.
  • It was mounted on a center pintle, barbette carriage.
  • A lag screw pintle can be substituted for the drive pintle.
  • The front pintle carriage pivoted at the front of the chassis.
  • The sum of the hinge and pintle standoff will equal the offset.
  • Remove the coax and mount it on the pintle for service and maintenance.
  • The connection was secured by inserting a pintle hook key into the pintle.
  • The pintle blocks extend forwardly of the plates and carry aligned pintle pins.
  • I ate ramps and spinach and pintle shoots and fiddleheads, everything green and full of life.
  • I found fat pintle shoots poking through dead leaves, fiddleheads in bracken beds, and lily bulbs.
  • Or isnt a Westland Wessex with pintle mounted GPMGs aeither a "helicopter" or a "gunship" in your book?
  • The parts of the hinges are called the pintle (the pin) and gudgeon (the opening into which the pin fits).
  • Many such muskets come with a inherent pintle mount so that they can be braced while standing; it requires a move action to set up the pintle.

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