cringle

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
动词 v.
  1. To fasten or attach with a cringle. transitive

词形变化

cringles plural crengle alternative crenkle alternative cringles present,singular,third-person cringling participle,present cringled participle,past cringled past crengle alternative crenkle alternative
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