Pintle

Quick meaning: Pintle is a noun meaning (now dialectal) The penis.

Meaning

(now dialectal) The penis.

More Meanings

1. (fashion) 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.
2. (nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
3. (weaponry) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.

Example Sentences

The train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car.

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.

Word Forms

• pintles
• pintel

Synonyms for pintle

Depending on context, synonyms include tarse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pintel, pike, pole, pickle, pint, peen.

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