Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Gemel
Gem′el (jĕm′ĕl), a. [OF. gemel twin, F. jumeau, L. gemellus twin, doubled, dim. of geminus. See Gemini, and cf. Gimmal.] (Her.) Coupled; paired.
Bars gemel (Her.), two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other.
Gem′el, n. 1. One of the twins. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. (Heb.) One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under Gemel, a.
Two gemels silver between two griffins passant. Strype.
Gemel hinge (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook. — Gemel ring, a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See Gimbal. — Gemel window, a window with two bays.