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reef cringles - Reinforced cringles in the sail designed to hold the reefing lines when reefing the sail.
reef cringles - The large cringles in the leeches of sails through which the reef pendants are rove and tacks or sheets hooked.
reef knot - Square knot; knot used to tie in a reef.
In Champlain the three reef cringles on the leech of the mainsail are all within easy reach from the cockpit, and the skipper, without leaving the tiller, can lash the pennants, and hence, with only one assistant, the three reefs can successively, ...
In jiffy, slab, or tied-in reefing, the sail is lowered a few feet, a strain is taken on the bottom of the sail with reefing lines (earings) passed through reef cringles in the sail, and the halyard is tightened.
 See also: Tiller, Forward, Standing, Boat, Cringle
  
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