verbWord forms: gimbals, gimballing or gimballed(transitive)
2.
to support on gimbals
gimbal in American English
(ˈgɪmbəl; ˈdʒɪmbəl)
noun
1. [often pl.]
a device consisting of a pivoted ring or rings capable of swinging freely while mounted to a fixed frame, used as to hold a ship's gyroscope level despite any pitch, roll, or yaw
: often gimbal ring
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈgimbaled or ˈgimballed, ˈgimbaling or ˈgimballing
2.
to attach to or mount on a gimbal
Word origin
altered < ME gemelles, twins < L gemellus, dim. of geminus, twin