Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gimlet \Gim"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gimleted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Gimleting}.]
   1. To pierce or make with a gimlet.

   2. (Naut.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a
      motion like turning a gimlet.