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binguelete

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Galician

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binguelete ("gimlet")

Etymology

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15th century. From Old French guimbelet (drill), ultimately of Germanic origin (compare English wimble). Cognate with English gimlet.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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binguelete m (plural bingueletes)

  1. gimlet; a smallish drill
    • 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:
      iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao
      item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two gimlets; item, two handsaws

References

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  1. ^ Cf. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “guimbalete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos