| 单词 | dumb-pintle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdumb-pintle dumb-pintle n. a peculiar kind of pintle or rudder-strap. ΚΠ 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 137 Sometimes one or two are shorter than the rest, and work in a socket-brace, whereby the rudder turns easier: the latter are called dumb-pintles. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Pintles The rudder is hung on to a ship by pintles and braces..a dumb pintle on the heel finally takes the strain off the hinging portions. < as lemmas |
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