pintle

Etymology

From Middle English pyntel, from Old English pintel (“penis”), from Proto-Germanic *pint- (“protrusion”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“peg, tip, protruding point, edge”), equivalent to pin + -le. Cognate with Middle Low German pint (“male member, penis”), West Flemish pint (“tip”), Norwegian dialectal pintol (“penis”). More at pin, pen.

noun

  1. (now dialectal) The penis.
  2. (nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
    The train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car. 2005, James Meek, The People’s Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 31
  3. (gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.

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