thimble

thimble englannista suomeksi

1. sormustimellinen

2. sormustin

0. Substantiivi

1. sormustin, i colloquial

2. sormustimellinen

3. kaussi, koussi, silmuri

3. Verbi

thimble englanniksi

1. 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.

2. (quote-book)

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

4. An object which resembles a thimble ''(sense 1)'' in shape or size.

5. A thimble or similar object used in (l).

6. A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble.

7. A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.

8. (quote-book)|location=London|publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman|year=1836|page=33|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=pahjAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA33|oclc=10061293|passage=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.

9. (quote-book)|year=1849|pages=10–11|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=qadWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA11|oclc=950950981|passage=The rope part is fitted with a thimble in one end, which is connected to the chain by means of a shackle; the other extremity is spliced around a heart, and goes with a laniard, as in the case of bobstays. The splice of the thimble and the heart should be served.

10. A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.

11. To use a thimble ''(noun sense 1)''.

12. To sew.