Definition of thimble Thimble

/θɪˈmbʌl/ - [thimbul] - thim•ble

We found 18 definitions of thimble from 9 different sources.

What does thimble mean?

Noun Plural: thimbles
thimble - a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container
		cap a tight-fitting headdress
thimble - as much as a thimble will hold
		thimbleful

= synonym
= antonym
= related word

thimble (Noun)
A pitted, now usually metal, cap for the fingers, used in sewing to push the needle.
thimble (Noun)
A similarly shaped socket in machinery.
thimble (Noun)
A thimbleful.
thimble (Noun)
A ring of metal or rope used in a ship's rigging; it is a protection against chafing.

thimble (n.)
A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle.
thimble (n.)
Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.
thimble (n.)
A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes.
thimble (n.)
A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.
thimble (n.)
A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.
thimble (n.)
A ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing.

thimble
A pitted, now usually metal, cap for the fingers, used in sewing to push the needle.

thimble
thim′bl, n. a metal cover for the finger, used in sewing.—ns. Thim′ble-case, a case for holding a thimble; Thim′bleful, as much as a thimble will hold: a small quantity; Thim′ble-rig, a sleight-of-hand trick in which the performer conceals, or pretends to conceal, a pea or small ball under one of three thimble-like cups.—v.i. to cheat by such means.—ns. Thim′ble-rig′ger; Thim′ble-rig′ging. [A.S. thýmel, a thumb-stall—thúma, a thumb. An extension of thumb.]

thimble
cosse, a sort of iron ring, whose outer surface is hollowed throughout its whole circumference, in order to contain, in the channel or cavity, a rope which is spliced about it, and by which it may be hung in any particular station. See plate XII. fig. 1. It is used to guide the direction of some running rope, which passes through it, from one place to another. See Span.

thimble
An iron ring with a concave outer surface to contain snugly in the cavity a rope, which is spliced about it. Its use is to defend the rope which surrounds it from being injured by another rope, or the hook or a tackle which passes through it.