GIMMAL

n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.

2.
n.

A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer. [Obs.]

3.
a.

Made or consisting of interlocked rings, gimmal mail. In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit Lies foul with chewed grass. Shak. Gimmal joint. See Gimbal joint, under Gimbal.

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