wimble









wimble


wimble [wim-buh l] Word Origin 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.

Origin of wimble 1250–1300; Middle English Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wimmel auger; see gimlet British Dictionary definitions for wimbling wimble 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 Origin for wimble C13: from Middle Dutch wimmel auger

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