The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.
The part of gate hinge assembly that is fixed to the gate post. The hinge straps fit over the gudgeon.
One of the several iron lugs (sockets) projecting from the after side of the stern or rudder post to support the rudder. Each gudgeon is bored out to receive the corresponding pintle fastened to the forepart of the rudder, which thus turns as upon hinges. See also pintle.
That part of a shaft resting in the bearing, especially when made of a separate piece. A metallic journal-piece let into the end of a wooden shaft. A metallic pin used for securing together two blocks or slabs of stone. A cramp.
metal pivot at the end of an axle or staft, around which a wheel or other device turns
The socket for the pin on which the rudder turns.
a metal pivot at the end of an axle, around which the wheel turns
a metal journal mounted in the end of the main shaft to run in bearings mainly on a water wheel but gudgeons take on other shapes and forms mounted into small shafts either horizontal or vertical. The gudgeon is a round metal shaft which from the side projects 4 (generally in the case of water wheel shafts) wings. The wings fit into slots cut in the end of the water wheel shaft and the remaining end of the journal rides in the bearing.
a block with a hole in the centre to receive the pintle of a rudder; located on the stern post, it supports and allows the rudder to swing
the socket for the pintle of a rudder.
A metal bracket attached to the sternpost into which a rudder pintle was hung; the female part of a rudder hinge.
A socket the pintle (pin or bolt used as a pivot) of the rudder sits in.
A gate hinge section, often called a hinge pintle socket, which is a horizontal rod that has a hole for a vertical pin (pintle) to pass through and pivot. The one end of the rod is secured to a wall or gate post with the pin being part of a L-shaped unit, one leg of which is connected to a gate or door. The hinging mechanism for the gate is made up of the gudgeon and pintle together.
