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Pintle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A little pin. In artillery, a long iron bolt.

Pintle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A little pin.

2. An upright pivot pin

3. The pivot pin of a hinge.

4. A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.

5. A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.