Crown wheel

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounIn watchmaking, an object of circular shape with contrate teeth, which meshes with the winding pinion and with the ratchet-wheel on the barrel-arbor used to wind-up the watch, respectively, to set the time.

Synonyms

crown ratchet wheel wheel balance wheel starwheel wheel cutter countwheel pinwheel gear wheel scape-wheel winder swing wheel

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