thymbyll
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English þȳmel, from Proto-Germanic *þūmilaz; equivalent to thombe + -el.
Pronunciation
Noun
thymbyll (plural thymbylls)
- thimble (cap for fingers while sewing)
Descendants
References
- “thī̆mel (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-11.
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- enm:Sewing