Wimble
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwɪm.bəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wimble is a noun meaning Any of various hand tools for boring holes.
Meaning
Any of various hand tools for boring holes.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To truss (hay) with a wimble.
- (transitive) To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.
- (obsolete) active; nimble
Example Sentences
He was so wimble, and so wight, From bough to bough he lepped light,
My body heavier & heavier, my head a stone, & within an insistent voice wimbling away […]
Be not affright, sweete Prince; appease thy feare, Buckle thy spirits up, put all thy wits In wimble action, or thou art surpriz’d.
“What have you been doing?” “Tending thrashing-machine and wimbling haybonds, and saying ‘Hoosh!’ to the cocks and hens when they go upon your seeds, and planting Early Flourballs and Thompson’s Wonderfuls with a dibble.”
Word Forms
- wimbles
- wimbling
- wimbled
Synonyms for wimble
Depending on context, synonyms include auger, gimlet.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gimlet, auger, bore, widener, borer, wellbore.
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