Definitions for pintles

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pintles pin·tle

Spelling: [pin-tl]

IPA: /ˈpɪn tl/

Pintles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 245 anagrams from letters in pintles (eilnpst).

Definitions for pintles

noun

1. a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
2. a pin, bolt, or hook by which a gun or the like is attached to the rear of a towing vehicle.
3. a cast iron or steel base for a wooden post, often cast in a single piece with a cap for a lower post.

Origin of pintles

before 1100; Middle English pintel penis, Old English; cognate with Old Danish pintel

Examples for pintles

On the trail transom, pintle plates rimmed the hole that went over the pintle on the limber.

The "acorn" is the head of the "pintle" or pin that passes thru the knuckle.

Before I could thank my stars, the pintle, or hook on which the rudder hangs, broke off.

A speek was a large nail; a pintle, then as now, a rudder-pin.

pintle, pin′tl, n. a little pin: a long iron bolt: the bolt or pin on which the rudder of a ship turns.

The Rescue has had another trial: her stern-post is carried away, her pintle and gudgeon wrenched off.

At the top of the pintle, a cast-iron plate should support the base of the column above.

It took but a minute to adjust the pintle, and Wilbur regained the deck again, dripping and a little pale.

The pintle (Fig. 163) should be fitted before the painting is started.

Charlie, tell him what's wanted; we can't work the pintle in from the deck.