"pintle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪntəl/ Forms: pintles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪntəl Etymology: From Middle English pyntel, from Old English pintel (“penis”), from Proto-Germanic *pint- (“protrusion”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“peg, tip, protruding point, edge”), equivalent to pin + -le. Cognate with Middle Low German pint (“male member, penis”), West Flemish pint (“tip”), Norwegian dialectal pintol (“penis”). More at pin, pen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pyntel}} Middle English pyntel, {{inh|en|ang|pintel|t=penis}} Old English pintel (“penis”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*pint-|t=protrusion}} Proto-Germanic *pint- (“protrusion”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bend-|t=peg, tip, protruding point, edge}} Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“peg, tip, protruding point, edge”), {{suf|en|pin|le|id2=diminutive noun}} pin + -le, {{cog|gml|pint||male member, penis}} Middle Low German pint (“male member, penis”), {{cog|vls|pint||tip}} West Flemish pint (“tip”), {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{m|no|pintol||penis}} pintol (“penis”), {{l|en|pin}} pin, {{l|en|pen}} pen Head templates: {{en-noun}} pintle (plural pintles)
  1. (now dialectal) The penis. Tags: dialectal Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms: tarse
    Sense id: en-pintle-en-noun-JrEPyTmp Disambiguation of Genitalia: 69 11 20
  2. (nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (pivot for a hinge): pen [common-gender] (Dutch), stift [common-gender] (Dutch), saranatappi (Finnish), broche [feminine] (French), tige [feminine] (French), Achse [feminine] (German), Stift [masculine] (German), ایكنه (iğne) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pintle-en-noun-Smr36ocj Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'pivot for a hinge': 6 82 12
  3. (gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
    Sense id: en-pintle-en-noun-NGQTLFTj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le (diminutive noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 33 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 34 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le (diminutive noun): 8 33 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pintel

Inflected forms

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