wimble

[ wim-buhl ]
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noun
  1. a device used especially in mining for extracting the rubbish from a bored hole.

  2. a marbleworker's brace for drilling.

  1. any of various other instruments for boring.

verb (used with object),wim·bled, wim·bling.
  1. to bore or perforate with or as if with a wimble.

Origin of wimble

1
1250–1300; Middle English <Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wimmel auger; see gimlet

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How to use wimble in a sentence

  • “Yes,” said Chris, in a tone suggestive of much knowledge; and then there was an interval of snipping, and wimble coughed.

    King of the Castle | George Manville Fenn
  • The scissors dropped on the floor with a crash, and wimble stood, wide-eyed, and harrowing his thin whiskers with his comb.

    King of the Castle | George Manville Fenn
  • Michael wimble had obtained more information than he had anticipated, and of a very different class.

    King of the Castle | George Manville Fenn
  • “No, Mr Brime,” said wimble patronisingly, as he looked longingly at the visitor with cross-examination in his breast.

    King of the Castle | George Manville Fenn
  • Because I found it early next morning,” said wimble, holding up the bottle; “and I can swear it was not there the day before.

    King of the Castle | George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for wimble

wimble

/ (ˈwɪmbəl) /


noun
  1. any of a number of hand tools, such as a brace and bit or a gimlet, used for boring holes

verb
  1. to bore (a hole) with or as if with a wimble

Origin of wimble

1
C13: from Middle Dutch wimmel auger

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