"cringle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cringles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cringle (plural cringles)
  1. (nautical) A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (a grommet for a sail): purjerengas (Finnish), Legel [feminine] (German), Lägel [masculine] (German), Lögel [masculine] (German), עָזֵק (azek) [masculine] (Hebrew), טַבַּעַת מִפְרָשׂ (taba'at mifras) [feminine] (Hebrew), takaore (Maori), luwers [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cringle-en-noun-Hjp9ELYL Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'a grommet for a sail': 89 11
  2. A withe for fastening a gate.
    Sense id: en-cringle-en-noun-1SrYtyXy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crengle, crenkle

Verb

Forms: cringles [present, singular, third-person], cringling [participle, present], cringled [participle, past], cringled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} cringle (third-person singular simple present cringles, present participle cringling, simple past and past participle cringled)
  1. (nautical, transitive) To fasten or attach with a cringle. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical Related terms: cringle-crangle
    Sense id: en-cringle-en-verb-JzWdzSKc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 16 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 16 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 15 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 10 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 17 56 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 12 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 26 21 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 28 17 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 18 54 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crengle, crenkle

Inflected forms

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