Obs. exc. dial. Also 4–6 lynpin, 5 -pyne, linepin, 7 linnpin. [f. lin (see LINCH sb.1) + PIN.] = LINCH-PIN.

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c. 1330.  Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 518. In … duobus Lynpinnes.

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c. 1425.  Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 665/29. Hoc hunullum, lynpyne.

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1523.  Fitzherb., Husb., § 5. With … ii. lyn pinnes of yren in the axiltre-endes.

4

1598.  Barret, Theor. Warres, V. iii. 133. Rammers, linepinnes, and all such other implements.

5

1659.  C. Hoole, trans. Comenius’ Orbis Sensualium (1672), 173. The Axle-trees … the Lin-pins, and Axletree-staves.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, III. 339/2. Linn Pin.

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