When an eyesplice is formed at one end of a fibre or wire rope a thimble is inserted to take the chafe of a shackle or shackle bolt and also to support the eye formed in the rope.
Xa umtunja wokudibanisa wenziwe kwelinye icala lwentsontela okanye intambo yocingo yemfimbili ifakwa phakathi ukuthatha ukukhuthuka kwamakhamandela locango incedisane nomtunja owenziwe entanjeni.