cringle
noun 2verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
"Lower till that rope-loop […] till the cringle was down on the boom. Then I'd tie her up the way you said, and then I'd hoist up the peak and throat halyards again."
2
A withe for fastening a gate.
verb
1
To fasten or attach with a cringle.
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