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(ir′iŋ)

noun

a small rope passed through a cringle and used to attach the corner of a sail to a yard, gaff, or boom or to reef a sail

Origin: < ear, sense

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noun
Nautical

A short line attaching an upper corner of a sail to the yard.

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Origin: Perhaps from ear¹

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