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pintle 1. a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge 2. the link bolt, hook, or pin on a vehicle's towing bracket 3. the needle or plunger of the injection valve of an oil engine pintle [′pint·əl] (design engineering) A vertical pivot pin, as on a rudder or a gun carriage. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Here he found that the rudder had been all but unshipped, probably as the vessel was lifted over the reef during the storm, but a single pintle remaining in its gudgeon. The pintles carried away, and it dropped off at last. |
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