Defn: Made or consisting of interlocked rings, gimmal mail.
In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit Lies foul with chewed grass.
Shak.
Gimmal joint. See Gimbal joint, under Gimbal.
GIMMER; GIMMOR
Gim"mer, Gim"mor (, n. Etym: [Cf. Gimmal, n.]
Defn: A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Shak.
GIMP
Gimp, a. Etym: [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.]
Defn: Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
GIMP Gimp, n. Etym: [OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun's wimple, F. guimpe, OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See Wimple, n.]
Defn: A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; — used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.
GIMP
Gimp, v. t.
Defn: To notch; to indent; to jag.
GIN
Gin, prep. Etym: [AS. geán. See Again.]