单词 | pintle hook |
释义 | > as lemmaspintle hook pintle hook n. †(a) Gunnery = sense 2b(c) (obsolete); (b) a pin or hook on a vehicle, to which a trailer may be attached. ΚΠ 1850 Ordnance Man. for Use of Officers (U.S. Army Ordnance Dept.) (ed. 2) xii. 344 Lash the piece to the pintle hook, with the prolonge, by passing the ring of the prolonge twice through the handles. 1861 H. L. Scott Mil. Dict. 438 (caption) The Caisson is composed of a body and a limber... 12. Pintle-hook. 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 119 Pintle hook, a hooking device seen on oil field rigs and used to couple a full trailer to a truck or to pull a semi-trailer onto a fifth wheel. 1990 Wheels & Tracks No. 32. 13/1 The ‘Jeep’ was a good puller and had a pintle hook for towing trailing equipment. < as lemmas |
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