'Cringle' definitions:
Definition of 'cringle'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Cringle'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'cringle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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