Crossword clues for gimbals
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 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.
Gimbal joint (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal.
Gimbal ring, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of gimbal English)
WordNet
n. an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
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.