gimmal
English
Etymology
Probably the same word as gemel. Compare gimbal.
Noun
gimmal (plural gimmals)
- (obsolete) Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.
- (obsolete) A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gimmal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)