English Dictionary

thimbleeye

noun

A The chub mackerel, Scomber colias. / (nautical) A loop at the end of a rope that is protected from chafing by a thimble (metal ring).

I caught a thimbleeye while fishing in the ocean.

意味（1）

A The chub mackerel, Scomber colias.

July 25, 1887, the schooner Peter Cooper caught 6000 thimbleeye mackerel off Manasquan N. J.

意味（2）

(nautical) A loop at the end of a rope that is protected from chafing by a thimble (metal ring).

Each end of the runner has a thimble-eye splice , with a strong hook at the end of the standing part.