Gimlet
Gimlet , noun
[Old French guimbelet, guibelet, French gibelet, prob. from 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.
Collocations (1)
Gimlet eye , a squint-eye. [Colloquial] — Wright
Gimlet , transitive verb
1.
To pierce or make with a gimlet.
2.
(Nautical) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.