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cringle

[ kring-guhl ]

noun

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


cringle

/ ˈ°ì°ùɪŋɡə±ô /

noun

  1. an eye at the edge of a sail, usually formed from a thimble or grommet
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cringle1

First recorded in 1620–30; from Low German kringel, equivalent to kring “c¾±°ù³¦±ô±ð†+ -el diminutive suffix; cognate with Middle English Cringle (in placenames), Old Norse kringla “c¾±°ù³¦±ô±ðâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cringle1

C17: from Low German Kringel small ring 1; see crank 1, crinkle
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Example Sentences

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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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A tackle with two hooks, one to hitch into a cringle of the main or fore sail in the bolt-rope, and the other to hitch into a strap spliced to the chess-tree.

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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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