thimbleeye

stylized chub mackerel with thimble-like loop for eye
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stylized chub mackerel with thimble-like loop for eye

The proposed image combines a stylized chub mackerel fish and a thimble-eye loop, both central to the word's meanings. The illustration contains a distinct, easily memorable image of a mackerel with a thimble-like loop for its eye, representing both definitions in a creative yet understandable way.

  1. noun — thimbleeyes
    1. A The chub mackerel, Scomber colias.
      • July 25, 1887, the schooner Peter Cooper caught 6000 thimbleeye mackerel off Manasquan N. J.
      • A schooling fish of temperate waters, chub mackerel or thimbleeye migrates in much greater numbers to New Jersey than into New York waters .
    2. A loop at the end of a rope that is protected from chafing by a thimble (metal ring).
      • Each end of the runner has a thimble-eye splice , with a strong hook at the end of the standing part.
      • Thimbleeye nuts are installed on through bolt, and pole is protected with curved washers.
      • AT least three clips should be used when making any prepared loop or thimble-eye termination for wire rope, especially for hoisting.
Derived from thimble