Gimbals: Pivoted rings holding a compass or other device so that it can tip in any direction or remain level when the support tips.
gimbals
Hinges for objects such as lamps, compasses and stoves so that they can remain upright as the boat rolls.
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Gimbals Two concentric rings to hold the compass or stove horizontal at all times.
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Goose-neck A metal fitting for securing a boom to a mast. Allows for swing and topping.
gimbals - Pivoted rings used to support a device that may tip or remain level; rings holding a compass.
Gimbals:
A system by which an object such as a compass is suspended so that it remains horizontal as the boat heels.
Gingerbread:
Gilded carving and scroll work decorating the hulls of ships.
Gimbals
A system by which an object is suspended so that it remains horizontal as the boat heels.
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A table with gimbals, which keep it level as the boat heels or rolls.
swivel
A fitting on a block or shackle that allows it to rotate fully.
gimbals: a device that suspends a compass so that it remains level pivoted mounts that enable the object they support (a compass, stove, lamp, etc.) to remain level when the boat does not.
This receptacle accommodates the gimbals supporting the compass. Compensating binnacles are provided with brackets or arms on either side, starboard and port, ...
GIMBALS - A contrivance consisting of two or more metal hoops balanced on pivots, so that a compass or lamp swung within the gimbals will not oscillate, but preserve a vertical position.
Various kinds of alcohol lamps, hung on gimbals to accommodate themselves to the perpetual motion of a vessel, are in use, and are thoroughly adapted for making a pot of coffee, tea or chocolate, and for heating a can of soup or preserved meat.
Gimbals: A fitting that moves in a way that keeps delicate or potentially dangerous objects in an upright position even in the case of the boat heeling
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There is a compass in the shore box, which can be mounted on the after cabin wall, starboard side. Be sure to tumble the compass on its gimbals so that the Lubber Line (etched line that shows the straight-ahead direction) on the compass shows aft.
 See also: Compass, Boat, Point, Light, Line
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