Ever heard of Gimpling?

[Cigarband]

The seller of a hat I was watching put the following line in the description, "The silk thread 1/2" gimpling is without damage." When I asked what "gimpling" is, he said that "gimp" is the ribbon trim around the brim. I never heard this name for the edge trim before. The seller is Canadian, so I wondered if this is a colloquialism, or just new to me. What say you O' Friends of the Fedora?[huh]

 

[BellyTank]

Gimp is probably best known as a type of thread used in making buttonholes
but I've seen the term used for various flat trimmings before.
It's an old textile, haberdashery and clothing term.


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[Mario]

Well, you learn something new every day, don't you?

 

[Carlisle Blues]

merriam-webster

* Main Entry: gimp
* Pronunciation: \ˈgimp\
* Function: noun
* Etymology: perhaps from Dutch
* Date: 1664

: an ornamental flat braid or round cord used as a trimming

 

[cookie]

Isn't it gimping...??? not gimpling...

 

[Mario]

When I first spotted this thread, I suspected that someone wanted to discuss a certain Linux image editing software...

 

[RobFedoraField]

or on a really inapropriate note...

Anybody seen Pulp Fiction?

 

[Feraud]

Isn't it gimping...??? not gimpling...

I believe gimping is correct.
Back in the ol' days I worked in a textile factory. In addition to knitting, braiding, and spooling machines there were gimp machines.
On our gimp machines the warp yarn was run vertically through the machines and a weft material was woven horizontally around it.
We produced gimp of various thicknes and colors.

About the auction, I will guess the trim is ribbon and not gimp.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

When I first spotted this thread, I suspected that someone wanted to discuss a certain Linux image editing software...

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You sir, are awarded 3 points on the geek scale.

 

[Fletch]

Isn't gimp also that plastic cord kids use in craft projects?

 

[Feraud]

That too.

 

[Mario]

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You sir, are awarded 3 points on the geek scale.

Ma'm, thank you ma'am!

 

[BellyTank]

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You sir, are awarded 3 points on the geek scale.

Or zero on the Wiki scale.


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[BellyTank]

The Gimpling Alternative

And by the way,

...it's a Dumpling made out of crushed, wet Gimps.
A Gimpling.

Or a cocktainl of Gin and Gimp.
Another Gimpling.

Or that famous figure of literature, with the limp,
Rudyard Gimpling.

Suzy broke her foot, she'll gimp for weeks,
poor little gimpling.


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