What does gimmal mean?
Definitions for gimmal
ˈgɪm əl, ˈdʒɪm əlgim·mal
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gimmalnoun
Some little quaint devices or pieces of machinery. Thomas Hanmer
Etymology: Supposed by Stephen Skinner and Robert Ainsworth to be derived from gimellus, Latin, and to be used only of something consisting of correspondent parts, or double. It seems rather to be gradually corrupted from geometry or geometrical.
I think by some odd gimmals or device
Their arms are set like clocks, still to strike on,
Else they could not hold out so as they do. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.
Webster Dictionary
Gimmalnoun
joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings
Gimmalnoun
a quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer
Etymology: [Prob. the same word as gemel. See Gemel, and cf. Gimbal.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gimmal
gim′al, n. a gimbal: (Shak.) anything consisting of parts moving within each other or interlocked—a quaint piece of mechanism—also Gimm′er.—adj. (Shak.) made or consisting of double rings.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gimmal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gimmal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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