Definition of Pintle

1. Noun. A pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge.

Group relationships: Flexible Joint, Hinge
Generic synonyms: Pin, Pivot

Definition of Pintle

1. n. A little pin.

Definition of Pintle

1. Noun. (context: now dialectal) The penis. ¹

2. Noun. A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder. ¹

3. Noun. (context: gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pintle

1. a pin on which something turns [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pintle

1. 1. A little pin. 2. An upright pivot pin; as: The pivot pin of a hinge. A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns. A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages. A kingbolt of a wagon. Origin: A diminutive of Pin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pintle

pintadas
pintado
pintadoes
pintadoite
pintados
pintail
pintailed
pintails
pintano
pintanos
pintas
pintel
pinter
pintids
pintles
pintman
pinto
pinto bean
pintoes
pintoid
pintos
pints
pintsize
pintsized
pintuck
pintucks
pintxo
pintxos

Literary usage of Pintle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"An oval-shaped aperture made in the trail transom of a field-carriage, wider above than below, to leave room for the pintle to play in. urc, and the chassis ..."

2. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"The pintle construction, as before stated, permits the beams to butt against each other and thus become perfect struts to transmit pressure from one side of ..."

3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"1786. CAPTAIN MORRIS, Tht Plenipotentiary. She spread its renown through the rest of the town, As a pintle past all understanding. ..."

4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"The pintle construction, as before stated, permits the beams to butt against each other and thus become perfect struts to transmit pressure from one side of ..."

5. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Tho pintle construction, as before stated, permits the beams to butt against each other and thus become perfect struts to transmit pressure from one aide of ..."

6. The New-York Legal Observer by Samuel Owen (1844)
"The pintle and wheel of the French Caster are not unlike Blakes' wheel and pintle, ... The Invalid Carter has the same form of wheel and pintle as Blakes', ..."

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