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Meaning of cringle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
A withe for fastening a gate.

Equivalents

Deutsch Lägel Legel Lögel

Suomi purjerengas

Polski luwers

Examples

“"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."”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Cringleford criniere crinite crinitol crinivirus Crinkle