PINTLE

noun a little pin.

2. pintle ·noun an upright pivot pin.

3. pintle ·noun a kingbolt of a wagon.

4. pintle ·noun the pivot pin of a hinge.

5. pintle ·noun a hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.

6. pintle ·noun a pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.