nosepin

noun

1. Any of various decorative ornaments that are worn at the end of the nose.

   “The nosepin was worn by both sexes, the septum of the nose being pierced shortly after birth, at least as far as the girls were concerned; but probably the same applied to the boys.”

   “In all my life, I have never worn a gold earring or nosepin.”

   “And I can see you, my elfin beloved, the stars are like your nosepin.”

   “While they were trying to get their bearings, a party of naked savages with nosepins and sharppointed spears emerged from the belt of mangroves and gazed at them hungrily.”

2. A removable pin that attaches to the nose or tip of a device.

   “The satellite, which is the payload, is fastened to the nosepin of the third-stage rocket motor.”

   “Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the yardgoat, which apparently had been in neutral, silently engaged into reverse, moved back and crushed the decedent under the trailer.”

   “Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the yardgoat, which apparently had been in neutral, silently engaged into reverse, moved back and crushed the decedent under the trailer.”

   “We got a bearing indicated on the northern nosepin of the aircraft.”