wimble

[ wim-buhl ]

noun

1. a device used especially in mining for extracting the rubbish from a bored hole.
2. a marbleworker's brace for drilling.
3. 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.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wimble¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wimble¹

C13: from Middle Dutch wimmel auger

Example Sentences

A wimble, or instrument for boring holes for bolts, tree-nails, and other purposes.

From Project Gutenberg

It may be mentioned that on some of the bindings of his quarto volumes the broken pitcher is transversed by the wimble or toret—an obvious pun on his name.

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All at once he heard a singular noise, and very soon after the worm of a wimble shot up from the planked floor on which he was standing.

From Project Gutenberg

Possibly it was done with a kind of flint wimble with three teeth, much like the instrument used to-day in trepanning by the Berbers in L’Aurés, who cure even headaches by this method.

From Project Gutenberg

Suddenly a poignant pain seized him; he felt as though wimbles were drilling into his temples.

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