Dictionary  thim•blePronunciation: (thim'bul), [key] —n. 1. a small cap, usually of metal, worn over the fingertip to protect it when pushing a needle through cloth in sewing. 2. Mech.any of various similar devices or attachments. 3. Naut.a metal ring with a concave groove on the outside, used to line the outside of a ring of rope forming an eye. 4. a sleeve of sheet metal passing through the wall of a chimney, for holding the end of a stovepipe or the like. 5. a thimble-shaped printing element with raised characters on the exterior: used in a type of electronic typewriter or computer printer (thim'ble print"er). Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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