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An appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
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gimbals
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gimbal \Gim"bal\ (g[i^]m"bal), or Gimbals \Gim"bals\ (g[i^]m"balz), n. [See Gimmal , 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 ...
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n. an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of gimbal English)
Usage examples of gimbals.
The wave of expanding plasma hit the ship, juddering it so violently that Khouri felt the impact even with the cushioning gimbals of the gunnery.
He uncapped the observation telescope and, turning it on the heavy steel gimbals which floated in sealed oil baths, lined up its declinational and equatorial axes in a combination he knew as well as his own name.
It was a handsome, heavily-protected brass instrument hanging in gimbals by the table on which they.