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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
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pintle

[′pint·əl]
(design engineering)
A vertical pivot pin, as on a rudder or a gun carriage.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

pintle

A pin on which something is hung and about which it revolves; esp. one that projects upward.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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