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Cringle

Cringle Meaning & Definition
Cringle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cringle?

[n] fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cringle: eyelet | grommet | grummet | loop

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cringle: air hole | armhole | blowhole | boltrope | bullet-hole | bunghole | canvas | clew | cloth | crowd of sail | deadeye | earing | eye | eyelet | foot | fore-and-aft sail | gasket | grommet | guide | head | keyhole | knothole | leech | loop | loophole | luff | manhole | mousehole | muslin | peephole | pigeonhole | pinhole | placket | placket hole | plain sail | porthole | press of sail | punch-hole | rag | reduced sail | reef point | reefed sail | sail | spiracle | square sail | tap | vent | venthole

See Also | fastener | fastening | fixing | holdfast

Cringle In Webster's Dictionary

\Crin"gle\ (kr?n"g'l), n. [Icel. kringla orb; akin to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe, crank.] 1. A withe for fastening a gate. 2. (Naut.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.

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