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Meaning of 'cringle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cringle [ n.]
- A withe for fastening a gate.
- An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.

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crib crib-biter crib-biting cribbage cribbed cribbing cribble cribbled cribbling cribellum

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