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(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.

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thimble

/ˈθɪmb(ə)l/

noun

(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.

I lost my thimble while sewing.

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As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.

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(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”).

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(technology) A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble.

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To relieve the stern in a measure from the great weight of the [diving-]bell, a short, strong mast was stepped in the usual place, and steeving forward; from its head to the head of the davit was a span, which set up with two thimbles [footnote: A sort of iron ring.] and a lanyard, and the whole was supported by a strong stay from the mast-head to the stern of the boat, and two shrouds on a side, leading forward.

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(technology) A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.

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