Cringle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cringle \Crin"gle\ (kr[i^][ng]"g'l), n. [Icel. kringla orb; akin
     to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe,
     crank.]
     1. A withe for fastening a gate.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Naut.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cringle
       n : fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole
           to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: {eyelet},
            {loop}, {grommet}, {grummet}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "cringle":
     air hole, armhole, blowhole, boltrope, bullet-hole, bunghole,
     canvas, clew, cloth, crowd of sail, deadeye, earing, eye, eyelet,
     foot, fore-and-aft sail, gasket, grommet, guide, head, keyhole,
     knothole, leech, loop, loophole, luff, manhole, mousehole, muslin,
     peephole, pigeonhole, pinhole, placket, placket hole, plain sail,
     porthole, press of sail, punch-hole, rag, reduced sail, reef point,
     reefed sail, sail, spiracle, square sail, tap, vent, venthole