thimble: Palabra del día: February 11, 2021

thimble , n :
(sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material. As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful. (also attributively) An object which resembles a thimble (sense 1) in shape or size. (games) A thimble or similar object used in thimblerig (“a game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three thimbles or small cups a pea-sized object has been placed after the person operating the game rapidly rearranges them”). (technology) A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble. (nautical) A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing. (technology) A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule. thimble v (intransitive) To use a thimble (noun sense 1). (intransitive, by extension) To sew.