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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Gudgeon #73446 06/19/2002 1:10 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1 White Stone, Virginia Norm91 stranger Norm91 stranger Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1 White Stone, Virginia A term well known to small boat sailors, along with pintle, which is how we hang a removable rudder. From Ansted, A. ; A Dictionary of Sea Terms, Glasgow, 1928. "Goodgeons.--The fittings of a rudder to its sternpost. The goodgeons (pronounced gudgeons) ...are those bands of iron... The pintles are the long hooks which fall into the goodgeons.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gudgeon #73447 06/19/2002 11:04 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1 Sydney Australia inspectr stranger inspectr stranger Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1 Sydney Australia I seem to remember from my navy days that there was a "Gudgeon pin" associated with the anchor shackle on the very large anchors that we carried. The pin was a fine conical shape and was hammered into a tapered hole in the boss of the shackle to secure the loose pintle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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