English Dictionary

thimble

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈθɪmb(ə)l/

名詞

未分類 限定用法

(sewing) 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. / As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.

日本語の意味

(裁縫用) 指先に装着して、針で布を押す際に用いられる、くぼみのある通常は金属製のカップ状の保護具。 / (量の単位) その容器に満たす量、すなわち「てんぶる分」

She slipped on a brass thimble to push the stubborn needle through the thick canvas.

彼女は真鍮の指ぬきをはめて、頑固な針を厚手のキャンバスに押し通した。

意味（1）

(sewing) 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.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

(games) A thimble or similar object used in thimblerig (“a game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three thimbles or small cups a pea-sized object has been placed after the person operating the game rapidly rearranges them”).

意味（4）

(technology) A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble.

意味（5）

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

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.

意味（6）

(technology) A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.

thimbles （ plural ）