cringle

A cringle is an eye through which to pass a rope.

Come here and inspect this cringle with me.

In this context, cringle and grommet coincide enough that the two are sometimes used interchangeably.

Lash the tack reef cringle to the boom.

D Map Do luff, cringle and helms-a-lee mean anything to you?

On the south western slope of the hill the Cringle reservoir was formed to supply water to the southern part of the island.

Lash the leech cringle to the boom, and then to the end of the boom.

Peter Cringle: The First Mate of the ship.

Tom Cringle - a chestnut stallion sired by Donovan and foaled in 1895.

Are you ready, Mr. Cringle?"

Old Mrs Janes does for us,' said Mr Cringle.

'Friends of mine, Mr Cringle,' said Toby solemnly.

Sykes lived at Cringle House on Schools Hill Cheadle where he died aged 68.

Terry Cringle (The History Man, Today's Paper)

I'm still under open arrest. . .' Ramage bent down and hauled at a piece of canvas, inspecting the heavy cringle, is he mad?'

Tom Cringle: The Pirate and the Patriot by Gerald Hausman (2001)

Tom Cringle: Battle on the High Seas by Gerald Hausman (2000)

The Honourable Noel Quayle Cringle, President of Tynwald.

Michael Scott (30 October 1789 - 7 November 1835) was a British author and autobiographer who wrote under the pseudonym Tom Cringle.

Broken link: Difference between tack cringle and clew cringle (with exhibit)

Sharing my mentor's contempt for the "ordinary way of lacing a shoe" I began tying my son's laces with a complicated Bowline Cringle.

The Cringle Brook flows northwards from the village, and on the opposite side of the A1 is the River Witham.

He'd performed a song called 'Cringle Fields', the name of a local park, which was a lovely number and must have been his first composition, as far as I can remember.

KRS One was featured as the voice of Chris Cringle in the new Nike Most Valuable Puppets commercials.

Cringle was educated at Castle Rushen High School and became a farmer and later auctioneer (Central Marts Limited).