clock facen.

Brit.

/ˈklɒk feɪs/, U.S.

/ˈklɑk ˌfeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clock n.¹, face n.

Etymology: < clock n.¹ + face n.

The face or dial of a clock or watch on which the time is displayed, typically bearing a circle of equally spaced markings at which the hand or hands point.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of > dial or markings on dial

tablea1400

dial1440

watch1588

punctilio1596

dial platea1652

recliner1652

dial piece1658

face1659

horary circle1664

night dial1670

horizontal dial1674

hour-stroke1674

hour-plate1690

clock face1764

niche1822

1764 Pennsylvania Gaz. 6 Dec. 1/1 (advt.) Lately imported from England..clock and watch hands, finished clock faces.

1879 S. Newcomb & E. S. Holden Astron. for Schools & Coll. 72 The time as shown by the clock (technically ‘the clock-face’).

1916 Pop. Mech. Jan. 131/1 In restoring an old clockface I used a mechanical aid to mark the circles bounding the hour numerals.

2016 Independent 5 May (Traveller section) 10/3 If the map of Poland were a clock face, Wroclaw would be at eight o-clock.

Compounds

As a modifier, with the sense ‘of or relating to a public transport system that calls at each stop on its route at the same number of minutes past every hour’; as clockface service, clockface timetable, etc.

ΚΠ

1956 Bus & Coach May 174/1 He agreed to the system of working to a clock-face time-table, although there was the difficulty of fitting it in with the arrival or departure of trains.

2018 @RedhillRail 19 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Oct. 2019) One of the benefits of new Southern and Thameslink timetable lost in the massive problems of implementation is regular clockface services with a standard calling pattern.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clock face
释义	clock facen. Brit. /ˈklɒk feɪs/, U.S. /ˈklɑk ˌfeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clock n.¹, face n. Etymology: < clock n.¹ + face n. The face or dial of a clock or watch on which the time is displayed, typically bearing a circle of equally spaced markings at which the hand or hands point. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of > dial or markings on dial tablea1400 dial1440 watch1588 punctilio1596 dial platea1652 recliner1652 dial piece1658 face1659 horary circle1664 night dial1670 horizontal dial1674 hour-stroke1674 hour-plate1690 clock face1764 niche1822 1764 Pennsylvania Gaz. 6 Dec. 1/1 (advt.) Lately imported from England..clock and watch hands, finished clock faces. 1879 S. Newcomb & E. S. Holden Astron. for Schools & Coll. 72 The time as shown by the clock (technically ‘the clock-face’). 1916 Pop. Mech. Jan. 131/1 In restoring an old clockface I used a mechanical aid to mark the circles bounding the hour numerals. 2016 Independent 5 May (Traveller section) 10/3 If the map of Poland were a clock face, Wroclaw would be at eight o-clock. Compounds As a modifier, with the sense ‘of or relating to a public transport system that calls at each stop on its route at the same number of minutes past every hour’; as clockface service, clockface timetable, etc. ΚΠ 1956 Bus & Coach May 174/1 He agreed to the system of working to a clock-face time-table, although there was the difficulty of fitting it in with the arrival or departure of trains. 2018 @RedhillRail 19 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Oct. 2019) One of the benefits of new Southern and Thameslink timetable lost in the massive problems of implementation is regular clockface services with a standard calling pattern. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1764
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