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Pintle   Listen
noun
Pintle  n.  
1.
A little pin.
2.
(Mech.) 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.






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"Pintle" Quotes from Famous Books



... (Fig. 162) is made from a piece of sheet brass fitted to a tube, the latter being an easy fit into the stern-tube already fitted. The blade can be soldered onto the tube. The pintle on which the rudder fits and swings is a strip of brass, the width of the after fin, a wire pin being hard-soldered in to fit ...
— Boys' Book of Model Boats • Raymond Francis Yates

... Shead, drifted a mile and a half away from her consorts. Seeing this the British made a dash at her, in 7 boats, containing 140 men, led by Lieutenant Philip Westphal. Mr. Shead anchored and made an obstinate defence, but at the first discharge the gun's pintle gave way, and the next time it was fired the gun-carriage was almost torn to pieces. He kept up a spirited fire of small arms, in reply to the boat-carronades and musketry of the assailants; but the latter advanced steadily ...
— The Naval War of 1812 • Theodore Roosevelt



Words linked to "Pintle" :   pin, flexible joint, pivot, hinge



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