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A pointy little needle that punched through medieval armor like it owed money.
means A bodkin is a small pointed instrument for piercing holes in cloth or leather, or a blunt thick needle used to thread ribbon or tape through a hem; in older usage it could also mean a small dagger or a long hairpin.
from A Middle English word, 'boidekin,' originally meaning a small dagger. Its deeper roots are murky — possibly Celtic, perhaps related to the Welsh 'bidog' or Irish 'bideog' for a dagger, though the connection is debated. Over centuries the deadly blade softened into a humble sewing tool, but the old menace survives in Hamlet's line about ending it all 'with a bare bodkin.'
- armor piercing
- Bodkin arrowheads were forged to defeat chainmail and plate
- sewing kit
- Also a blunt needle for threading ribbon through cloth
- shakespeare
- Hamlet imagines ending it all with a bare bodkin
- hair tool
- Long pins called bodkins once held elaborate hairstyles up
bodkin dagger — medieval weapon with slender pointed blade, used 14th-16th centuries for piercing armor
bodkin point arrowhead — narrow armor-piercing arrow used by english longbowmen in the hundred years' war
bodkin embroidery tool — blunt needle used in lace-making and textile crafts since the 16th century