Usually means: Rotating device allowing multi-axis stabilization.
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  1. gimbal: Merriam-Webster
  2. gimbal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gimbal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gimbal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gimbal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gimbal, gimbal: Wordnik
  7. gimbal: Wiktionary
  8. gimbal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Gimbal, gimbal: Dictionary.com
  10. Gimbal (company), Gimbal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Gimbal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Gimbal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. gimbal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. gimbal: FreeDictionary.org
  15. gimbal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. gimbal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gimbal: Encyclopedia

(Note: See gimbaled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gimbal)

noun:  A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
verb:  (transitive) To suspend using a gimbal or gimbals.
verb:  (transitive, aerospace) To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments.
verb:  (intransitive) To swivel, move on an axis.

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