[gim.bal] n [alter. of obs. gemel (double ring)] (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--usu. used in pl.--called also gimbal ring
[2]gimbal vt -balled or -baled ; -bal.ling or -bal.ing (1875): to provide with or support on gimbals