Thimble

Sea Terms

An iron ring with a groove around its outer rim for a rope to fit in, so that it may be held in place when it is spliced either in the corner of a sail as a cringle or in the end of the pendant. A thimble prevents chafing.

Sundries — fender, belaying-pin, bolts, serving-mallet, scraper, chain-hook, marling-spike, hand-spike, ballast-shovel, bucket, boatswain's chair, can-hooks, caulking-iron, ladders, thimble, hank, truck and caulking-mallet