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/ˈd͡ʒɪmbəl/ · noun
A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped..
1934, A. E. W. Mason, “The Chronometer,” Chapter II, in Dilemmas, London: Hodder & Stoughton, He lifted the chronometer off the gimbals on which it was slung in the mahogany case and showed the number engraved upon the bottom.
The lamp wriggled in its gimbals, the barometer swung in circles, the table altered its slant every moment […]
1918, Richard Dehan (Clotilde Graves), That Which Hath Wings, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Chapter 32, […] he conned his course in masterly fashion by aid of the roller-map, protected by its transparent, rainproof casing, or the compass, clock, altimeter, and other instruments gimballed in the wooden frame in front of the pilot’s seat.
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Gimbal means A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped..
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1934, A. E. W. Mason, “The Chronometer,” Chapter II, in Dilemmas, London: Hodder & Stoughton, He lifted the chronometer off the gimbals on which it was slung in the mahogany case and showed the number engraved upon the bottom.
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