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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gimbal /ˈdʒɪmb(ə)l, ˈgɪm-/ (also gimbals)

▶noun a device for keeping an instrument such as a compass or chronometer horizontal in a moving vessel or aircraft.

– derivatives
gimballed adjective.

– origin C16: var. of earlier gimmal, itself a var. of ME gemel ‘twin, hinge’, from OFr. gemel ‘twin’.

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