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pintle

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Pintle (noun) means a small pin on a belt buckle that fits into a hole to keep the belt fastened at the right tightness.

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A small pin on a belt buckle that fits into a hole to keep the belt fastened at the right tightness.

An upright pin or bolt that a hinge or rudder turns on.

"The train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car." — James Meek, The People’s Act of Love (2005)

"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." — Charles Boardman Hawes, The Dark Frigate (1923)

An iron pin that a gun carriage turns on, or that limits how far a cannon jerks back when fired.

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Gen Z slang rizz Charm — the ability to attract a romantic interest.

B2 · Intermediate empathy The capacity to share another person’s feelings.

C1 · Advanced nonchalant Casually calm and relaxed; unconcerned.

Internet slang delulu Delusional — believing something against the odds.

Etymology nostalgia Greek nostos “return home” + algos “pain”.

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Etymology

Came into English via Middle English pyntel, from Old English pintel ("penis"), from Proto-West Germanic *pint(i), from Proto-Germanic *pint- ("protrusion"), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- ("peg, tip, protruding point, edge"); equivalent to pin + -le. It is cognate with North Frisian pint ("male member, penis"), West Frisian pyt ("male member, penis"), Dutch piet ("penis"), German Low German and German Pint ("penis"), West Flemish pint, piet ("tip, spike, penis"), Danish pint, pintel ("penis"), Norwegian dialectal pintol ("penis"), and dialectal Swedish pitt ("penis"). See also pin, pen.

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What is the meaning of pintle?

"pintle" (noun) means a small pin on a belt buckle that fits into a hole to keep the belt fastened at the right tightness.

What are the different meanings of pintle?

"pintle" has 3 main meanings: 1. A small pin on a belt buckle that fits into a hole to keep the belt fastened at the right tightness; 2. An upright pin or bolt that a hinge or rudder turns on; 3. An iron pin that a gun carriage turns on, or that limits how far a cannon jerks back when fired.