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gymbal

gymbal is the alternative form 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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Forms of gymbal

pluralgymbals

Questions about gymbal

What is gymbal the alternative form of?
Gymbal is the alternative form of gimbal.

Words near gymbal in the dictionary

  1. gym-goers
  2. gym-queen
  3. gym-rat
  4. gym-rats
  5. gymaholic
  6. gymbal
  7. gymbals
  8. Gymbowen
  9. gymbro
  10. gymbros
  11. gymcel

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