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pintle

Syllables: pin·tle/ˈpɪntəl/

pintle noun: the penis.

Noun

pintle (plural pintles)

  1. (dialectal) The penis.
    Synonyms:
    tarse
  2. A pin on the buckle of a belt used to fit into the holes of the belt and hold it at the desired level of tightness.
  3. A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
    • Climbing through the hatch and passing aft along the main deck, he heard for himself the suck-suck from the pump well, then the rattle of tiller and creak of pintle as the helmsmen eased her off and brought her on to meet a rising sea.1923, Charles Boardman Hawes, The Dark Frigate, Chapter 8
    • The train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car.2005, James Meek, The People’s Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 31
  4. An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.

pintle meaning in Tamil

pintle in Tamil

ஏழுகட்டை

Synonyms of pintle

Forms of pintle

pluralpintles
alternative formpintel

Origin of pintle

From Middle English pyntel, from Old English pintel (“penis”), from Proto-West Germanic *pint(i), from Proto-Germanic *pint- (“protrusion”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“peg, tip, protruding point, edge”), equivalent to pin + -le. Cognate with North Frisian pint (“male member, penis”), West Frisian pyt (“male member, penis”), Dutch piet (“penis”), German Low German and German Pint (“penis”), West Flemish pint, piet (“tip, spike, penis”), Danish pint, pintel (“penis”), Norwegian dialectal pintol (“penis”), dialectal Swedish pitt (“penis”). More at pin, pen.

Words that rhyme with pintle

Questions about pintle

What does pintle mean?
Pintle means the penis.
What is pintle in Tamil?
Pintle in Tamil is ஏழுகட்டை. See Pintle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pintle?
Pintle is a noun.
How do you pronounce pintle?
Pintle is pronounced /ˈpɪntəl/.
What is the plural of pintle?
The plural of pintle is pintles.

Words near pintle in the dictionary

  1. pinters
  2. pintglass
  3. pintglasses
  4. pintid
  5. pintids
  6. pintle
  7. pintles
  8. pintless
  9. pintman
  10. pintmen
  11. pinto

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pintle (page history and authors); pintle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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