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pintle

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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.

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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. Source: Internet

The lunette is the towing pintle that allows the weapon to be connected to the vehicle. Source: Internet

When towing, vehicle has a fixed or seized tow pintle; remove the lock plate located under the lunette. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

The intense clarity of flavour in Burnt Mill’s single-hop Fog series or Pintle pale is no accident. Source: Internet

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