pintle

[ pin-tl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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 /

Origin of pintle¹

before 1100; Middle English pintel penis, Old English; cognate with Old Danish pintel

Origin of pintle¹

Old English pintel penis

The rudder also was found to be much injured, the rudder-head being split through the centre, as low down as the upper pintle.

Pintle, pin′tl, n. a little pin: a long iron bolt: the bolt or pin on which the rudder of a ship turns.

It will be noted that the truck center pintle is in fact the fulcrum for this leverage.

The barbette carriage revolves about a central pintle, or axis, and turns the gun around with it.

Her timbers had started, her sides were coated with green weed; her rudder, wrenched from its pintle, lay hopelessly askew.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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