What does "gimp" mean?

Gimp: Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Additional senses

  1. 2.A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.
  2. 3.To notch; to indent; to jag.

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