gimbal, gambol, gamble

[Lat. gemellus = twin, double.] A form of universal joint for securing free motion in suspension, or for suspending anything, as a lamp, a compa , a chronometer, ., so that it may always retain a cer tain position, or be in equilibrium. It Gimbal, with Compa . generally consists of a pair of interlocked rings or hoops, moving the one within the other, and each perpendicularly to its plane, about two axes, at right angles to each other.