"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."
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Cringle
Synonyms for "cringle" (52 found)
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Translations
8 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- purjerengas noun (a grommet for a sail)
German
3 entries- Legel noun (a grommet for a sail)
- Lägel noun (a grommet for a sail)
- Lögel noun (a grommet for a sail)
Hebrew
2 entries- טַבַּעַת מִפְרָשׂ noun (a grommet for a sail)
- עָזֵק noun (a grommet for a sail)
Māori
1 entries- takaore noun (a grommet for a sail)
Polish
1 entries- luwers noun (a grommet for a sail)
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