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GIMBALS
GIMBALS, (balanciers, Fr.) the brass rings by which a sea-compass is suspended in it's box that usually stands in the binacle. See the article BINACLE.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 139, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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