They used an auger to bore holes in wood. A more sophisticated version that would be used later was called a brace and bit.
Pilot drill.
Drill, brace, morticer, auger, hole-punch and a non-common tool a Awl
A brace tool is used for boring holed in wood. This is a handheld tool that relies on the pressure applied to drill holes.
A drill bit (hand or machine) is designed to drill a hole through either wood or metal material.
An AWL is a short pointed tool for making small holes. Mostly used in leather making. You cannot drill with it, it's smooth.
An adz is a boring tool that starts with A and ends with Z. It's used to make holes.
hand drill machine is a hand tool used to make holes on hard surfaces with the help of a rotating drill bit as its cutting edge
How about bit (as in drill bit) or possibly awl.
A glass drill is a specialized tool used to make holes in glass. Typically it will have a diamond tipped drill bit. This tool is needed because glas is very strong and delicate, and a typical drill will crack or shatter the glass rather than make a smooth hole.
There are many tools designed to make holes. A hand punch, an awl, a drill bit, a hole saw, and many more.
A glass drill is a specialized tool used to make holes in glass. Typically it will have a diamond tipped drill bit. This tool is needed because glas is very strong and delicate, and a typical drill will crack or shatter the glass rather than make a smooth hole.
The type of tool I would use if I was doing this kind of question is a drill