: a usually upright pivot pin on which another part turns
Examples of pintle in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe horizontal weld that attaches a mild steel angle to the slider rail for super doubles/pintle hook operations may be missing.—Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English pintel, literally, penis, from Old English; akin to Middle Low German pint penis, Old English pinn pin
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