pintle

Definitions

1. The penis.
   dialectal
2. A pin on the buckle of a belt used to fit into the holes of the belt and hold it at the desired level of tightness.
3. A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
4. An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.

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Examples

“Climbing through the hatch and passing aft along the main deck, he heard for himself the suck-suck from the pump well, then the rattle of tiller and creak of pintle as the helmsmen eased her off and brought her on to meet⟳ a rising sea.”

“The train⟳ had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car.”

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