11. The connection was secured by inserting a pintle hook key into the pintle. 12. The connection was secured by inserting a pintle hook key into the pintle . 13. A pin to mate with the female pintle was welded in the hinge. 14. Adding the pintle standoff to the hinge standoff results in the total offset. 15. Lay a hinge or pintle on a flat surface. 16. The two 20-inch guns were mounted on front-pintle barbette carriages. 17. Pintle is also a common term used in the design of aircraft landing gears.18. Brick structures can employ a similar embedded pintle , or a surface mounted pintle. 19. Brick structures can employ a similar embedded pintle, or a surface mounted pintle . 20. My favorite surface approach is to use a notched hinge with a matching pintle .