Gim"mal (?), n. [Prob. the same word as gemel. See Gemel, and cf. Gimbal.]
1.
Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.
2.
A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.
[Obs.]
© Webster 1913.
Gim"mal, a.
Made or consisting of interlocked ring or links; as, gimmal mail.
In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit
Lies foul with chewed grass.
Shak.
Gimmal joint. See Gimbal joint, under Gimbal.
© Webster 1913.
This second sense originally noded mis-scanned as Gommal. - Ed.