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ˈthumb-stall
a. A shoemaker's or sailmaker's thimble (see quot. 1794).
1589Nashe Martin's Months Minde Wks. (Grosart) I. 196 Farewell old shoes, thombe stall, and clouting lether. 1755Johnson, Thumstall, a thimble. 1794Rigging & Seamanship I. 90 Thumb-stall, a ferrule, made of iron, horn, or leather, with the edges turned up, to receive the thread in sewing. It is worn on the thumb to tighten the stitches. 1877Knight Dict. Mech., Thumb-stall..2, a sailor's thimble used in sail-making.
b. A sheath worn on the thumb to protect it when injured.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. v. 97 Gloves cut into thumb⁓stals. 1792Burns Let. to Creech 16 Apr. in W. Brown's Catal. Aug. (1905) 64, As much mine as the thumb-stall I have just now drawn on my finger, which I unfortunately gashed in mending my pen. 1904Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Thumb 2, Thumb-cap, a thumb-stall or covering for the thumb.
c. Eccl. = poucer: see quots.
1849Rock Ch. of Fathers II. vi. 167 [The bishop's] thumb⁓stal was put upon the right hand thumb that had been dipped into the chrism. 1872Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms, Pouser, a thumbstall of silver or other precious metal, used formerly by bishops for anointing in confirmation.
d. Mil. In obsolete artillery: see quot.
1864in Webster. 1877Knight Dict. Mech., Thumb⁓stall 1. (Ordnance), a stall of buckskin stuffed with hair, which a cannoneer wears on his thumb to cover the vent while the piece is being sponged and loaded. |