pintle
Noun
Meaning
A little pin.
An upright pivot pin
The pivot pin of a hinge.
A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.
A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.
A kingbolt of a wagon.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Show all synonymsAntonyms
Show all antonymsHypernyms
Phrases with the word
Anagrams
Examples
Because the dolly attaches to a pintle hitch on the truck, manoeuvrings a trailer hooked to a dolly is different from maneuvering a fifth wheel trailer.
The lunette is the towing pintle that allows the weapon to be connected to the vehicle.
When towing, vehicle has a fixed or seized tow pintle; remove the lock plate located under the lunette.
On ships, vehicles and aircraft machine guns are usually mounted on a pintle mount – basically a steel post that is connected to the frame or body.
The intense clarity of flavour in Burnt Mill’s single-hop Fog series or Pintle pale is no accident.