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It lines the eye you splice or swage into the end of a rope, so the rope bends around metal instead of around itself. That stops the eye collapsing under load and stops chafe where the shackle or ring sits. Without one, a spliced eye wears through fast.
Yes, and it is the one thing people get wrong. Too big and the rope sits loose in the groove and works its way out; too small and you cannot fit the splice properly. Take the rope with you or measure it under no load before choosing.
The D shape suits rope and webbing. Wire rope wants a solid thimble with a deep groove sized to the wire and a swaged ferrule, which is a different fitting. If you are terminating rigging wire, buy a thimble made for that wire diameter rather than adapting this one.

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