About The Word Cringle
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Cringle
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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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