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Gimbal

//ˈd͡ʒɪmbəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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 […]"

  2. 2
    an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To suspend using a gimbal or gimbals. transitive

    "1918, Richard Dehan (Clotilde Graves), That Which Hath Wings, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Chapter 32, […] he conned his course in masterly fashion by aid of the roller-map, protected by its transparent, rainproof casing, or the compass, clock, altimeter, and other instruments gimballed in the wooden frame in front of the pilot’s seat."

  2. 2
    To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments. transitive
  3. 3
    To swivel, move on an axis. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Alteration of gemel, from Old French gemel, jumel (“twin”) (French jumeau), from Latin gemellus.

Etymology 2

Alteration of gemel, from Old French gemel, jumel (“twin”) (French jumeau), from Latin gemellus.

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