Dictionary entry

Gimlet

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gim″let (?), n. [Also written and pronounced gimbled (�)] [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See Wimble, n.] A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle.

Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. Wright.