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Pinule vs Pintle - What's the difference?

pinule | pintle |

As nouns the difference between pinule and pintle

is that pinule is (astronomy|obsolete) one of the sights of an astrolabe while pintle is (now dialectal) the penis.

pinule

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (astronomy, obsolete) One of the sights of an astrolabe.
    • (Webster 1913)

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    pintle

    English

    (wikipedia pintle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (now dialectal) The penis.
  • A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
  • * 2005 , (2006), page 31:
    • The train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car.
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  • (gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.

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