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Definition of ringle in English:
ringle
verb
Regionalrare
no object To ring or jingle.
verb
English Regional, South-Easternwith object To put a ring in the nose of (a pig), especially to prevent rooting.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From ring + -le. Compare North Frisian ringle, ringli, rëngle to ring, reverberate, Dutch rinkelen to jingle, tinkle, rattle, Old Icelandic hringla to clatter, rattle, Old Swedish, Swedish ringla to ring, rattle, early modern Danish, Danish ringle to ring, rattle, jingle<br>late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Tusser (c1524–1580), writer on agriculture and poet. From ringle.
