thimble

protection for rope loop, often made of metal, that distributes the load across the entire loop
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thimble

Summary

thimble is a ship element[1]. thimble draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (ship_element category, ranking #85 of 117).[2]

Key Facts

  • thimble's image is recorded as Munich - Deutsches Museum - 07-8978 (cropped).jpg[3].
  • thimble's instance of is recorded as ship element[4].
  • thimble's instance of is recorded as nautical term[5].
  • thimble's subclass of is recorded as physical technological component[6].
  • thimble's subclass of is recorded as Q760215[7].
  • thimble's subclass of is recorded as physical tool[8].
  • thimble's part of is recorded as sail[9].
  • thimble's part of is recorded as rope[10].
  • thimble's has use is recorded as rigging[11].
  • thimble's Commons category is recorded as Thimbles (rigging)[12].
  • thimble's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07rj4k[13].
  • thimble's described at URL is recorded as https://www.biltema.se/bat/fortojning/kaus/[14].
  • thimble's different from is recorded as Kaus[15].
  • thimble's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as kaus[16].
  • thimble's TOPCMB ID is recorded as sapatilho[17].
  • thimble's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as term/ECFF648B-CC05-4667-AA77-353E07553604[18].

Body

Geography

Part of include sail[9] and rope[10].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ship element[4] and nautical term[5].

Why It Matters

thimble draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (ship_element category, ranking #85 of 117).[2] thimble has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] thimble is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . tesauromuseus.com.br. Retrieved . tesauromuseus.com.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_thimble-q8955276_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{thimble}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/thimble-q8955276}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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