different between pintle vs gudgeon
pintle
English
Alternative forms
- pintel
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?nt?l/
- Rhymes: -?nt?l
Noun
pintle (plural pintles)
- (now dialectal) The penis.
- Synonym: tarse
- (nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
- 2005, James Meek, The People’s Act of Love, Canongate (2006), page 31:
- The train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pintle.
- 2005, James Meek, The People’s Act of Love, Canongate (2006), page 31:
- (gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
Translations
Anagrams
- leptin, pintel
pintle From the web:
- pintle what does it mean
- what is pintle hitch
- what is pintle nozzle
- what are pintle hooks used for
- what are pintle hitches used for
- what is pintle clearance
- what do pintle caps do
- what is pintle in rudder
gudgeon
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???d??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???d??n/, /???j?n/
- Rhymes: -?d??n
- Hyphenation: gud?geon
Etymology 1
The noun is derived from Late Middle English gojoun [and other forms], from Old French gojon, goujon (“gudgeon”), from Late Latin g?bi?nem, the accusative of g?bi?, the ablative or dative singular of Latin g?bius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (k?biós, “fish of the gudgeon kind”), probably of Semitic origin. The English word is a doublet of goby and goujon.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
gudgeon (plural gudgeons)
- A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.
- Synonyms: goby, (Britain, dialectal) wapper
- (Australia) Any of various similar small fish of the family Eleotridae, often used as bait.
- Synonym: sleeper goby
- (figuratively, archaic) A person apt to take the bait; one easily cheated or duped; also, an idiot.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dupe, Thesaurus:idiot
- (figuratively, archaic) Something used to lure or tempt; bait, a lure.
Hyponyms
- joso
Derived terms
- sea gudgeon (obsolete)
Translations
Verb
gudgeon (third-person singular simple present gudgeons, present participle gudgeoning, simple past and past participle gudgeoned)
- (transitive, archaic) To deprive (someone) fraudulently; to cheat, to dupe.
- (intransitive, archaic) To take the bait; to be defrauded or duped.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English gojoun (“metal fitting with a ring at one end”) [and other forms], from Old French goujon (“dowel; pin”) [and other forms], from gouge (“gouge (tool)”) + -on (suffix forming diminutives). Gouge is derived from Late Latin gulbia, gubia (“chisel”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *gulb?, *gulb?nos (“beak, bill”).
Noun
gudgeon (plural gudgeons)
- (also attributively) A circular or cylindrical fitting, often made of metal, into which a pin or pintle fits to create a hinge or pivoting joint.
- (nautical, specifically) In a vessel with a stern-mounted rudder: the fitting into which the pintle of the rudder fits, allowing the rudder to swing freely.
- Synonym: brace
Alternative forms
- (nautical): goodgeon (obsolete)
Derived terms
- gudgeon pin
Translations
References
Further reading
- gudgeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- gudgeon (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
gudgeon From the web:
- gudgeon meaning
- gudgeon what does it mean
- what is gudgeon pin
- what do gudgeon fish eat
- what do gudgeons eat
- what are gudgeon pins made of
- what are gudgeon hinges
- what does gudgeon mean in english
you may also like
- pintle vs gudgeon
- stern vs gudgeon
- dagger vs kangaroos
- dagger vs null
- dagger vs cutlass
- roundel vs dagger
- balisong vs dagger
- dagger vs karambit
- dagger vs karmbit
- dirks vs dagger
- impreg vs compreg
- compreg vs mobile
- composite vs compreg
- wood vs compreg
- compressed vs compreg
- terms vs essenced
- essence vs essenced
- scented vs essenced
- liqueurs vs liquours
- pomerania vs mecklenburg