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Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
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cringle
Word definitions for cringle in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cringle \Crin"gle\ (kr[i^ ng]"g'l), n. [Icel. kringla orb; akin to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe, crank.] A withe for fastening a gate. (Naut.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A cringle is an eye through which to pass a rope . In nautical settings, the word refers to a small hole anywhere along the edge or in the corner of a sail, rimmed with stranded cordage and worked into the boltrope. Typically it encloses a metal grommet ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context nautical English) A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc. 2 A withe for fastening a gate. n. 1 (context nautical English) A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: eyelet , loop , grommet , grummet ]
Usage examples of cringle.
In the middle of that length was a spliced-in loop, called a cringle, and fixed to that cringle was one end of a chain, somewhat longer than the river was deep here (as they knew from van Hoek’s soundings) and several hundred pounds in weight.
The new canvas was laid out on the deck, the sheets already reeved into the clews and earing cringles, but it took an hour Of hard, dangerous work before her white canvas was brought down and stowed away, and the sails that were daubed with pitch were hoist to the yards and unfurled.