Archaic any of various hand tools for boring, as a gimlet, auger, etc.
Origin of wimble
Middle English from Anglo-French from Middle Dutch wimmel (or Flemish wemel), an augertransitive verb
-·bled, -·blingObs. to bore with a wimble
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wimble
noun
Any of numerous hand tools for boring holes.
Origin of wimble
Middle English from Anglo-Norman probably from Middle Dutch wimmel ; see weip- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- wim′ble
verb
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present wimbles, present participle wimbling, simple past and past participle wimbled)
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