gimlet Copy link Outline 1. tĕrĕbra2. (?) perfŏrācŭlum • gimlet: 1. tĕrĕbra: mentioned among carpenter's tools, Plin. 7, 56, 57: the Gallic g., t. Gallica, was an improved kind, and bored a smooth hole, Col. 4, 29, ad fin. 2. (?) perfŏrācŭlum: Arnob. 6, 14 (but the reading is doubtful).