What does cringle mean?
Definitions for cringle
ˈkrɪŋ gəlcringle
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Princeton's WordNet
cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummetnoun
fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
Wiktionary
cringlenoun
A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
cringlenoun
A withe for fastening a gate.
Webster Dictionary
Cringlenoun
a withe for fastening a gate
Cringlenoun
an iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc
Etymology: [Icel. kringla orb; akin to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe, crank.]
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Cringle
A cringle is an eye through which to pass a rope. In nautical settings, the word refers to a small hole anywhere along the edge or in the corner of a sail, rimmed with stranded cordage and worked into the boltrope. Typically it encloses a metal grommet for reinforcement and to reduce wear. In this context, cringle and grommet coincide enough that the two are sometimes used interchangeably.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cringle
kring′gl, n. a small piece of rope worked into the bolt-rope of a sail, and containing a metal ring or thimble. [Teut.; cf. Ger. kringel.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
cringle
A short piece of rope worked grommet fashion into the bolt-rope of a sail, and containing a metal ring or thimble. The use of the cringle is generally to hold the end of some rope, which is fastened thereto for the purpose of drawing up the sail to its yard, or extending the skirts or leech by means of bowline bridles, to stand upon a side-wind. The word seems to be derived from the old English crencled, or circularly formed. Cringles should be made of the strands of new bolt-rope. Those for the reef and reef-tackle pendant are stuck through holes made in the tablings.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cringle in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cringle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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