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Definition of "thimble" []

  • A hard pitted cup worn for protection on the finger that pushes the needle in sewing. (noun)
  • Any of various tubular sockets or sleeves in machinery. (noun)
  • Nautical A metal ring fitted in an eye of a sail to prevent chafing. (noun)
  • Nautical A metal ring around which a rope splice is passed. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "thimble" in a sentence
  • "Grandpa worries that your thimble is the size of your brain …."
  • "The black raspberry, which we called thimble berry, was found along the stone walls, but was not abundant."
  • "BTW in the picture above, you can see I pinned the pleats to the middle zipper section: I had to sew them by hand (and sewing through naughahyde without a thimble is rough, I'll tell you!)."