pintle
Rudder pivot pin
A pintle is a vertical pin or bolt serving as a pivot point, allowing something to swing or rotate.
In mechanical contexts, a pintle connects a trailer to a towing vehicle or serves as the hinge pin on which a rudder turns: The rudder swings on its pintle.
Pintles pair with gudgeons—the socket or bracket that receives the pin.
Small cylindrical pivot pin
- knuckleFinger-to-hand joint
- pivotPoint of rotation
- axisRotation reference line
- swivelRotating connection point
rotation · articulation · door · gate · shutter · butt hinge · piano hinge · leaf
Firearm support structure
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- machine gunContinuous-fire arm
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
cannon · mortar · antiaircraft · tripod · carriage · traverse · elevation · swivel
Small cylindrical pivot pin
- rudderPivoting stern blade
- tillerBoat steering lever
- sternpostAft vertical hull timber
- skegStabilizing hull projection
helm · steering · transom · keel · shipwright · boatbuilding · sailboat · yacht
Temporary difficulty or snag
- trailerPromotional film excerpt
- couplingJoint between systems
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- ball mountTowing hitch component
drawbar · tow vehicle · hook · lunette · ring · agricultural · implement · farm equipment
gudgeon
Small cylindrical pivot pin
swivel · rotation · articulation · door · gate · shutter · butt hinge · piano hinge · leaf · barrel
gun mount
Firearm support structure
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- machine gunContinuous-fire arm
howitzer · cannon · mortar · antiaircraft · tripod · carriage · traverse · elevation · swivel · cradle
gudgeon
Small cylindrical pivot pin
skeg · helm · steering · transom · keel · shipwright · boatbuilding · sailboat · yacht · dinghy
hitch
Temporary difficulty or snag
ball mount · drawbar · tow vehicle · hook · lunette · ring · agricultural · implement · farm equipment · attachment
bearing
Posture or orientation
- bushingFriction-reducing sleeve insert
- lubricationCoating to reduce friction
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
machining · wear · load · stress · clearance · friction · bronze · steel · corrosion · fatigue
- boat partshull, keel, mast, rudder, helm
- steeringsteering wheel, steering column, steering rack, power steering, tie rod
- rudder partsblade, stock, tiller, gudgeon
- pivot partspivot point, swivel joint, swivel, hinge, fulcrum
- stern partstransom, rudder, sternpost, taffrail, fantail