gimblets

"Fule or no -- I never see a chap wi 'such a tur'ble dark-lookin' face afore, an 'wi' such eyes -- so black, an 'sharp, an' piercin 'as needles, they be -- ah! goes through a man like two gimblets, they do!"

The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

He was as dark as pitch in looks, with a military moustache, and two black eyes like gimblets.

The Bishop's Secret Fergus Hume 1895

He ventured to the great gates, and by inserting his gimblets into the wood at intervals, so as to form points upon which he could rest his foot, he contrived, to ascend them; and when at the top, having fastened a portion of his dress to the spikes, he managed, not without considerable risk, to draw up his female companion.

Jack Sheppard A Romance William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

"Bravo," cried Sheppard, examining its contents, which proved to be a file, a chisel, two or three gimblets, and a piercer.

Jack Sheppard A Romance William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

The present I made to Tinah (by which name I shall hereafter call him) consisted of hatchets, small adzes, files, gimblets, saws, looking-glasses, red feathers, and two shirts.

A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship William Bligh 1785

He made us a small double-headed maul, hammers, chisels, and a sort of gimblets or wimbles, which performed very well.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. Robert Kerr 1784

And see there the gimblets how they make their entry. "

Inns and Taverns of Old London