cringle

English

A cringle (grommet) mounted into the sail

Alternative forms

• crengle, crenkle

Noun

cringle (plural cringles)

1. (nautical) 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.

Translations

a grommet for a sail

• German: Kausch (de) f, Ringkausch f
• Hebrew: עָזֵק‎ (he) m (azek), טַבַּעַת מִפְרָשׂ‎ f (taba'at mifras)
• Maori: takaore

Verb

cringle (third-person singular simple present cringles, present participle cringling, simple past and past participle cringled)

1. (nautical, transitive) To fasten or attach with a cringle.

Anagrams

• Clinger, clinger