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Definition of Gimmal
1. n. Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.
2. a. Made or consisting of interlocked rings or links; as, gimmal mail.
Definition of Gimmal
1. Noun. (obsolete) Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gimmal
1. a pair of interlocked rings [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gimmal
Literary usage of Gimmal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"More probably a corruption of gimmal, qv But whether it were that the ... A gimmal
bit, therefore, should be a bit in which two parts or links were ..."
2. The History and Poetry of Finger-rings by Charles Edwards (1855)
"The gimmal or ... 26. Story from the " Gesta Rorna- norum." § 1. ONK of tho
prettiest tokens of friendship and affection is what is termed a gimmal or ..."
3. The Table Book by William Hone (1828)
"From a simple love-token, the gimmal was at length converted into the more serious
... In this use of the gimmal may be seen typified, " a community of ..."
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