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Definition of Fingerstall
1. Noun. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fingerstall
Literary usage of Fingerstall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of Cannon by Albert C. Manucy (1994)
"3; he put on his fingerstall, leveled the gun with the elevating screw, applied
his level to base ring and muzzle to find the highest points of the barrel, ..."
2. Diseases of the Skin: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners by J. M. H. MacLeod (1921)
"... wearing a fingerstall of rubber containing soft soap for a few days ; the
softened nail is then scraped down as thin as possible with a piece of glass, ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"A fingerstall. I put him on a hottle. She can't bear a hottle on. HOUND, r.—To
urge, worry. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1866)
"The forefinger of the left hand is armed with a metallic fingerstall which leaves
the ungual phalanx and last articulation free; this finger is then ..."
5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"A term of endearment. Palsgrave, 1540. FINGERLING, "l». A cover for a fingerstall, ¡
finger or thumb. ..."
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