| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| EYELET | Cringle |
| LOOP | Cringle |
| REEVE | Thread a cringle. |
| REEVE | Pass (a rope) through a cringle. |
| cringles | CRINGLE, a small loop of rope |
| earings | a line used to fasten a corner of a sail to the yard or gaff or to haul a reef cringle to the yard |
| earing | rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail |
