What's the difference between cringle and tringle?

Cringle


Definition:

  • (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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The plasmin-fibrin interaction mediated by sites of the first four cringles is not associated with changes in the catalytic function of the active centre.
  • (2) The Liberal Democrats will make sure it’s a contest,” he said while campaigning in Cringle Park in south Manchester.
  • (3) Walking her dogs in Cringle Park, Laurie Sage, 37, said she had been a longtime Labour voter in Gorton, but she said the party could no longer count on her support because of Corbyn’s “weak” stance on Brexit.

Tringle


Definition:

  • (n.) A curtain rod for a bedstead.

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