pintle
Collocations
3ADJ.
flat, mounted
PINTLE + NOUN
helmsmen
PREP.
on, on
Definitions
noun
The penis.
A pin on the buckle of a belt used to fit into the holes of the belt and hold it at the desired level of tightness.
A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
Climbing through the hatch and passing aft along the main deck, he heard for himself the suck-suck from the pump well, then the rattle of tiller and creak of pintle as the helmsmen eased her off and brought her on to meet a rising sea.
The train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car.
An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
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2Climbing through the hatch and passing aft along the main deck, he heard for himself the suck-suck from the pump well, then the rattle of tiller and creak of pintle as the helmsmen eased her off and b
WiktionaryThe train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car.
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