GIMLET


Meaning of GIMLET in English

n.1 a small tool with a screw-tip for boring holes.

2 a cocktail usu. of gin and lime-juice.

Phrases and idioms:

gimlet eye an eye with a piercing glance.

Etymology: ME f. OF guimbelet, dimin. of guimble

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.