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Meanings of gimp in English

Spanish
guimpe
Wikidata

Braided trimming.

guimpe
Wikidata

Narrow yarn of thread wrapped around a core.

Synonyms
Examples for "cordonnet"
Examples for "cordonnet"
1
In the second horizontal bar, you only use the red threads of Coton à broder for knotting, not the white Cordonnet ones.
Encyclopedia of Needlework
2
Beaded knitting is little in request now, excepting for tobacco pouches and purses; for which you should use Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos.
Encyclopedia of Needlework
3
Use the same mesh for all the subsequent rows, which should be worked in a finer thread, such as Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C No.
Encyclopedia of Needlework
Portuguese
claudicação

Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.

claudicação
Portuguese
mancar
Catalan
ranquejar

Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury.

mancar
Usage of gimp in English
1
But for trout and bass; strong gut or gimp is safe enough.
Woodcraft
2
Here, take a little of this; it'll put some gimp into you.
The Cow Puncher
3
Even with his gimp leg, Hopper had always been a better climber.
Earth Afire
4
And that thing over there in the gimp mask is Familiar Despair.
The Guardian
5
She has a gimp arm, and she's working on Luna doing important research.
Earth Afire
6
He loved it and kept looking up at me like an obedient gimp.
How to make love like a porn star
7
Min never had no gimp and I guess it hain't either.
Rilla of Ingleside
8
Losers who think they can trade up by fucking a gimp.
Beat the reaper: a novel
9
Patterns in several colours may likewise be knotted into gimp headings of this kind.
Encyclopedia of Needlework
10
I cannot even enlist. She held up her gimp arm.
Earth Afire
11
What I want to know is, who's the gimp?
The usual suspects
12
The row of machine stitching was covered by gimp.
Ethel Morton's Holidays
13
Perhaps a brad out of the gimp of that chair would do.-Or ,stay , Iknow
Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
14
I had to gimp through a bunch of woods and climb over a goddamned fence-
The bourne ultimatum
15
The sight of the gimp hand gets him sympathy drinks from out-of-towners stopping in the Evergreen.
In Time
16
I see you are walking with a... gimp?
The Demon Lover
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Translations for gimp
Spanish
guimpe
Gimp through the time