单词 | bull's eye cringle |
释义 | > as lemmasbull's eye cringle 5. Nautical. Also bull's eye cringle (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > circle or band of rope garland1495 bull's eye cringle1769 grummet1775 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > ring for attachment of rope > specific bull's eye cringle1867 bowline-cringle- 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Bull's-eye, a..small pulley in the form of a ring, having a rope spliced round the outer edge..and a..hole in the middle for another rope to slide in. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. vi. 65 Pass that brace through the bull's eye. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 113 A leach-line is..carried..through a bull's-eye. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Bull's-eye cringle, a piece of wood in the form of a ring, which answers the purpose of an iron thimble; it is seldom used by English seamen, and then only for the fore and main bowline-bridles. < as lemmas |
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