gimletˈgɪm lɪt
gimlet (n)
- plural
- gimlets
English Definitions:
gimlet (noun)
a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble (noun)
hand tool for boring holes
gimlet (Noun)
A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
gimlet (Noun)
A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
gimlet (Verb)
To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
Gimlet
A gimlet is a hand tool for drilling small holes, mainly in wood, without splitting. It was defined in Joseph Gwilt's Architecture as "a piece of steel of a semi-cylindrical form, hollow on one side, having a cross handle at one end and a worm or screw at the other". A gimlet is always a small tool. A similar tool of larger size is called an auger. The cutting action of the gimlet is slightly different from an auger, however, as the end of the screw, and so the initial hole it makes, is smaller; the cutting edges pare away the wood which is moved out by the spiral sides, falling out through the entry hole. This also pulls the gimlet further into the hole as it is turned; unlike a bradawl, pressure is not required once the tip has been drawn in. The name "gimlet" comes from the Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, later guibelet, probably a diminutive of the Anglo-French "wimble", a variation of "guimble", from the Middle Low German wiemel, cf. the Scandinavian wammie, to bore or twist; the modern French is gibelet.
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