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Definition of Thimbled
1. Adjective. (context: of a finger or person) Wearing a thimble (a cap for the finger, used in sewing). ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a cable or device) Having a thimble (a thimble-shaped socket). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thimbled
1. thimble [v] - See also: thimble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thimbled
Literary usage of Thimbled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... or long, thimbled rivets. Not infrequently these two methods of support are
combined in the same boiler, as suggested in the illustration (Fig. 3). ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"... who would give her a tap on the head with her thimbled finger whenever she
fell asleep, so that "the gal," on waking, would begin knitting as fast as ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"... a drunken knave Upon the thimbled pea that staked a crown Cry Nick or Nothing !
so play I, to be Or nothing or the NICK of all this world. ..."
4. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1891)
"... however, presented minute depressions on their surface, being somewhat "
thimbled," and one or two presented minute furrows radiating from the centre. ..."
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