Cringle

Synonyms for "cringle" (52 found)

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earing eye eyelet footfore-and-aft sailgasket grommet guide head keyhole knothole leech

Noun(3 words)

eyelet grommet grummet

Related words (26)

loop loophole luff manhole mousehole muslin peephole pigeonhole pinhole placketplacket holeplain sailportholepress of sailpunch-hole ragreduced sailreef pointreefed sailsail

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spiraclesquare sailtap vent venthole

Noun(1 words)

loop

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fastener fastening fixing holdfast

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"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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