Middle English Dictionary Entry
gimlet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gimlet n. Also gimlot, gimelot, gemelet, gimlede, gimbelette. |
| Etymology | AF guimbelet |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A boring-tool, gimlet.
Associated quotations
- c1350 Doc.in Lindsay Hist.Merch.Ship.(Add 17364)637 : j gymbelette [bought for the work of the galleys].
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5286/30 : Pro iiij bolles, ij boketes, iij lepes, et corda pro eisdem, j scope, et ij gymlottes, xiij s.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52159/4 : Et pro ij gemelettes ferreis, vj d.
- (1418) *Mun.B.Bridgewater43 : In emendacione j gemelet ob.
- (1420-1) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 255 : j Gymelot, j loffe, j ffane.
- (1425) *For.Acc.(PRO) 3 Hen.VI G/1 [OD col.] : j lanterna, j Gymlede, j sondynglede.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)194 : Gymelot: Penetral.
- c1450(?a1402) ?Trev.Reg.Princ.(Dgb 233)439/7 : Sende oon byhynde pryueiliche þat may longe abyde vnder water and make hooles wiþa gymelot oþer with an augeer in þe schip of enemyes in þe neþer side.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)67 : Looke þow haue..a gymlet sharpe to broche & perce.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)357 : A gymlot and a fauset therupon stood.