cringle noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc."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." — 1897 •A withe for fastening a gate. verb1 •To fasten or attach with a cringle. formscringled · cringling · cringles
