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n. A pin or a bolt on which another part pivots.

n. Nautical The pin on which a rudder turns.

n. The pin on which a gun carriage revolves.

n. A hook or a bolt on the rear of a towing vehicle for attaching a gun or trailer.

n. The penis.

n. A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.

n. An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.

n. A little pin.

n. An upright pivot pin.

n. The pivot pin of a hinge.

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

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

n. A kingbolt of a wagon.

n. A pin upon which anything revolves, or which holds two things together while one or both are free to move in a certain way.

n. The penis.

n. a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge

"The parts of the hinges are called the pintle (the pin) and gudgeon (the opening into which the pin fits)."

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