scapement
(ˈskeɪpmənt)
[Aphetic form of escapement.]
= escapement 2.
| 1755 [see escapement 2]. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts II. 245 A Scapement, for the use of clock-makers. 1822 Scott Nigel ii, They..have no more regularity in them than a watch without a scapement. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 190/2 The mechanism by which these numbers are counted is technically called a scapement. |