On a wooden vessel there was a variety of iron hardware used for fastening stationary and moving parts of the ship and equipment. These would take the form of straps and hinges associated with cabinet doors and furniture, cannon carriages and gun ports, or the gudgeons and pintles associated with the rudder.

Pintle

Straps

 

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