pintle
English
Etymology
From Middle English pintil, from Old English pintel (“penis”), from Proto-Germanic *pint- (“protrusion”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“peg, tip, protruding point, edge”), equivalent to pin + -le. Cognate with Middle Low German pint (“male member, penis”), West Flemish pint (“tip”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Norwegian dialectal pintol (“penis”). More at pin, pen.
Pronunciation
Noun
pintle (plural pintles)
- (now dialectal) The penis, or tarse.
- (nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
- 2005, James Meek, The People’s Act of Love, Canongate (2006), page 31:
- The train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pintle.
- 2005, James Meek, The People’s Act of Love, Canongate (2006), page 31:
- (gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
Translations
pivot for a hinge
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