Associations to the word «Pintle»
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
PINTLE, noun. (now dialectal) The penis.
PINTLE, noun. (nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
PINTLE, noun. (gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
Dictionary definition
PINTLE, noun. A pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.