What's the difference between pingle and pintle?

Pingle


Definition:

  • (n.) A small piece of inclosed ground.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But the estate's 6,000 farmed acres, which Debo could name field by field – Mrs Vickers's Breeches, Big Backsides, Old Zac's Pingle – stimulated her more than the house's silver steward and the 2,000 lightbulbs, which were powered by an updated wonder of Victorian hydraulic engineering.
  • (2) The transmission role of the residual microfilaremia cases was studied in Pingle Village, Liangqing Township, Yongning County where bancroftian filariasis had been virtually eradicated during 1984-1988.

Pintle


Definition:

  • (n.) A little pin.
  • (n.) An upright pivot pin
  • (n.) The pivot pin of a hinge.
  • (n.) A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.
  • (n.) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.
  • (n.) A kingbolt of a wagon.

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