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thimbleeyes

thimbleeyes is the plural of thimbleeye.

Meaning of thimbleeye

Noun

thimbleeye (plural thimbleeyes)

  1. An Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias).
    • July 25, 1887, the schooner Peter Cooper caught 6000 thimbleeye mackerel off Manasquan N. J.1904, Tarleton H. Bean, “Fishes of New York”, in New York State Museum 56th Annual Report, volume 2, page 383
  2. A loop at the end of a rope that is protected from chafing by a thimble (metal ring).
    • Each end of the runner has a thimble-eye splice , with a strong hook at the end of the standing part.1878, Dixon Kemp, A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing, page 105

Questions about thimbleeyes

What is thimbleeyes the plural of?
Thimbleeyes is the plural of thimbleeye.

Words near thimbleeyes in the dictionary

  1. thimbleberries
  2. thimbleberry
  3. Thimbleby
  4. thimbled
  5. thimbleeye
  6. thimbleeyes
  7. thimbleful
  8. thimblefuls
  9. thimblelike
  10. thimblemaker
  11. thimblemakers

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