cringle

American  

[kring-guhl] / ˈkrɪŋ gəl /

noun

Nautical.

1. an eye or grommet formed on the boltrope of a sail to permit the attachment of lines.

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cringle British  

/ ˈkrɪŋɡəl /

noun

1. an eye at the edge of a sail, usually formed from a thimble or grommet

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Etymology

Origin of cringle

First recorded in 1620–30; from Low German kringel, equivalent to kring “circle” + -el diminutive suffix; cognate with Middle English Cringle (in placenames), Old Norse kringla “circle”

Example Sentences

If a large cringle is needed, count an extra number of lays—5, 7, etc., always an odd number.

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So did we, and, further, ran a line from the cringle in her foresail to the weather rigging.

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When it became necessary to make sail, the men loosed the sails, but shortly found that no sheets were rove, and the bow-lines bent to the bunt line cringles.

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The bowline knot is so firmly made, and fastened to the cringles of the sails, that they must break, or the sails split, before it will slip.

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He poised himself for a few moments on the crotch of the boom, clinging to the cringles of the luff—the short ropes with which the sail is reefed.

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