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