Definition of gimbals Gimbals
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Wiktionary 
- gimbals (Noun)
Plural of gimbal.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gimbals (n.)
A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first.
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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gimbals
balanciers, the brass rings by which a sea-compass is suspended in its box that usually stands in the binacle. See the article BINACLE.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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gimbals
The two concentric brass rings, having their axles at right angles, by which a sea-compass is suspended in its box, so as to counteract the effect of the ship's motion. (See COMPASS.) Also used for the chronometers.
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