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gimbals

gimbals is the plural of gimbal.

Meaning of gimbal

Noun

gimbal (plural gimbals)

  1. A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
    • The lamp wriggled in its gimbals, the barometer swung in circles, the table altered its slant every moment […]1902, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in Typhoon

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Questions about gimbals

What is gimbals the plural of?
Gimbals is the plural of gimbal.

Words near gimbals in the dictionary

  1. gimbal locks
  2. gimbaled
  3. gimbaling
  4. gimballed
  5. gimballing
  6. gimbals
  7. gimbap
  8. gimbaps
  9. Gimbel
  10. Gimbels
  11. Gimbert

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