Main Entry:

¹gim·bal

Pronunciation:

\ˈgim-bəl, ˈjim-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

alteration of obsolete gemel double ring, from Middle English, from Anglo-French gemel, jomel, from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus

Date:

circa 1780

: a device that permits a body to incline freely in any direction or suspends it so that it will remain level when its support is tipped —usually used in plural —called also gimbal ring