different between grommet vs cringle

English

Alternative forms

• grummet
• gromet

Etymology

From obsolete French gromette (“curb chain”) (modern spelling gourmette).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????m.?t/, /????m.?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????.m?t/
• Rhymes: -?m?t

Noun

grommet (plural grommets)

1. A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
2. (nautical) A ring formed of a single strand of rope, laid in three times round, fastening the upper edge of a sail to its stay.
3. (flags) An eyelet at the hoist end of a flag, used to fasten the flag to its halyard.
4. (surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding) A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder.

   What do you over the pond skaterboarders ^[sic] say? Is there a global term to be used to label someone as a skateboarder? Does it matter? I suppose the only one you can apply widely is ‘grommet’.

5. A boy serving on a ship.

Synonyms

• (eyelet): grunyon
• (nautical): cringle
• (surfer, snowboarder): grom

Derived terms

• drop grommet
• edge grommet, grommet edging
• surgical grommet
• cable grommet
• grommet press, grommet punch

Translations

Verb

grommet (third-person singular simple present grommets, present participle grommeting, simple past and past participle grommeted)

1. (transitive) To insert a grommet into.
2. (transitive) To fasten using a grommet.
3. (intransitive) To apply grommets.

References

• Grommet in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

English

Alternative forms

• crengle, crenkle

Noun

cringle (plural cringles)

1. (nautical) A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
2. A withe for fastening a gate.

Translations

Verb

cringle (third-person singular simple present cringles, present participle cringling, simple past and past participle cringled)

1. (nautical, transitive) To fasten or attach with a cringle.

Anagrams

• Clinger, clinger