dimble

Probably originally a cavity, and the same word as dimple.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪm(b)l̩/
• Rhymes: -ɪməl, -ɪmbəl

dimble (plural dimbles)

1. (obsolete) A bower; a dingle.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, London: M. Lownes et al., Song 2, p. 27,^[1]

     And Satyres, that in stades and gloomy dimbles dwell,

     Runne whooting to the hills to clappe their rude[r] hands.

   • c. 1637, Ben Jonson, The Sad Shepherd (unfinished play), Act II, Scene 1, in W. Gifford (editor), The Works of Ben Jonson, London: G. & W. Nicol et al., 1816, Volume 6, p. 274,^[2]

     The Forest as before. The Witch’s Dimble, cottage, oak, well, &c.

• “dimble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “dimble”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Lib Dem, delimb, limbed