A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.
Metal braces or hooks upon which a stern-mounted rudder swings
a vertical metal pin attached to the leading edge of the rudder; it is fitted into the metal ring or 'gudgeon' bolted to the sternpost of a vessel. This provides the means for hinging the rudder on the sternpost and allows a rudder to be swung or turned as desired (by use of the tiller); where necessary ( ie. when the rudder needs to be removed or repaired) the pintles can be unshipped quickly and the rudder detached.
One of several pins or bolts on the forward edge of the rudder frame, by which the rudder is hinged to the gudgeons of the stern- or rudderpost, around which it pivots. See also gudgeon.
a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge
A hardware piece mounted to the house or window frame that receives a shutter hinge or other pivoting piece of hardware.
vertical pin on a rudders forward edge that enables the rudder to hang onto the stern post and swing when it fits into the gudgeon
metal pin on which the rudder is hung.
The central pin or bolt on which allows the hinge to pivot.
A metal bolt, used for hanging a rudder.
1. Pin or bolt upon which another part turns. 2. Vertical peg used as a hinge pin on a gate. 3. Wood post base of cast iron or metal.
usually upright pivot pin on which another part turns.
A pintle is a pin or bolt, usually inserted into a gudgeon, which is used as part of a pivot or hinge.