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Encyclopedia Britannica



THIMBLE

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 850 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: THE-TOO
THIMBLE , an implement for use in sewing, serving as a protective covering for the
finger
  in pushing the needle through the material worked upon. For
ordinary
  purposes the thimble is a bell-shaped cap reaching to the first
joint
  and is usually worn on the middle
finger
 . It is made of silver or other metal; sometimes of horn,
ivory
  or bone. The sail-maker's thimble or "
thummel
  " is a heavy ring, worn on the thumb, with a disc attached which is the
part
  used to
press
  against the needle. The O.E. thymel, from which the word descends, is formed, with the suffix -el, from thuma, the thumb, the protective covering having been formerly worn on that digit. The thumb by etymology means the " thick " finger, and is to be referred to the root tum, to swell up, become thick, seen in Lat. tumere, " tumid," &c. The
term
  " thimble " is used of many mechanical appliances, especially of various forms of
sleeve
 , bushing or joining for the ends of pipes, or shaftings, or as covering for an axle, &c. In nautical usage the " thimble " is a metal ring concave on the outside in which a rope runs; it is a
protection
  against chafing.


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