First Known Use: circa 1780
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1gimbal
noun gim·bal \ˈgim-bəl, ˈjim-\
Definition of GIMBAL
: a device that permits a body to incline freely in any direction or suspends it so that it will remain level when its support is tipped —usually used in plural —called also gimbal ring
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Origin of GIMBAL
alteration of obsolete gemel double ring, from Middle English, from Anglo-French gemel, jomel, from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus
2gimbal
verb
gimballed or gimbaledgimbal·ling or gimbal·ing
Definition of GIMBAL
transitive verb
: to provide with or support on gimbals
First Known Use of GIMBAL
1875
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