cringle en · NOUN
Meanings
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A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
"Lower till that rope-loop […] till the cringle was down on the boom. Then I'd tie her up the way you said, and then I'd hoist up the peak and throat halyards again."
1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
- A withe for fastening a gate.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crengle | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cringles | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| crenkle | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
pl luwers (a grommet for a sail) · he טַבַּעַת מִפְרָשׂ (a grommet for a sail) · de Legel (a grommet for a sail) · fi purjerengas (a grommet for a sail) · de Lögel (a grommet for a sail) · he עָזֵק (a grommet for a sail) · mi takaore (a grommet for a sail) · de Lägel (a grommet for a sail)