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Definition of Pintle
1. Noun. A pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge.
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
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1. A little pin.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pintle
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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