1) Eyelet 2) Fastener 3) Fastening 4) Fixing 5) Grommet 6) Grummet 7) Holdfast 8) Loop 9) Sailboat component
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1) Eyelet 2) Grommet 3) Grummet 4) Loop
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A cringle is an eye through which to pass a rope. In nautical settings, the word refers to a small hole anywhere along the edge or in the corner of a sail, rimmed with stranded cordage and worked into the boltrope. Typically it encloses a metal grommet for reinforcement and to reduce wear. In this context, cringle and grommet coincide enough that ...
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A rope loop, usually at the corners of a sail, for fixing the sail to a spar. They are often reinforced with a metal eye.
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A rope loop, usually at the corners of a sail, for fixing the sail to a spar. They are often reinforced with a metal eye.
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loop at corner of sail to which a line is attached
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loop at corner of sail to which a line is attached
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Iron strop, rope strop, or grommet at the corners of a sail for attaching sheets, tacks, and other running lines.
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• (n.) A withe for fastening a gate. • (n.) 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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A metal ring or grommet used to reinforce the edge of a hole in material such as sailcloth.
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Rope loop or eye formed in sail or net.
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a metal eye in the sail
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Crin'gle noun [ Icelandic
kringla orb; akin to
kring around, and to Dutch
kring circle, and to E.
cringe ,
crank .]
1. A withe for fastening a gate.
2. (Nautical) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and cor...
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A metal ring or grommet around a hole in the sail for reinforcement.
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n] - fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
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eyelet 1 loop 1 grommet noun fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
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an eye or grommet formed on the boltrope of a sail to permit the attachment of lines.
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