cringle
English
A cringle (grommet) frozen in place
Alternative forms
- crengle, crenkle
Noun
cringle (plural cringles)
- (nautical) A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
- A withe for fastening a gate.
Translations
a grommet for a sail
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Verb
cringle (third-person singular simple present cringles, present participle cringling, simple past and past participle cringled)
- (nautical, transitive) To fasten or attach with a cringle.
Anagrams
- Clinger, clinger