| 单词 | longcase |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslongcase longcase n. short for longcase clock n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > pendulum clock pendulum clock1663 pendule clock1664 pendulum1664 pendulum-piece1734 wag-at-the-wall1825 longcase clock1851 grandfather clock1883 trunk dial1884 grandfather1894 grandmother clock1898 longcase1899 granddaughter clock1926 grandmother1931 granddaughter1968 1899 Boston Jrnl. Commerce & Textile Industries 30 Dec. 269/3 The long cases did not come into use till comparatively late in the history of the evolution of the clock. 1972 Country Life 9 Mar. 546/3 Strictly speaking, all clocks of this type should be called longcases, although since Victorian times they have been known to the general public as ‘grandfathers’. 1999 Clocks Dec. 45/3 I have three longcases in my clock collection, a month-going, an eight-day and a 30-hour single hander by Thomas Traunter, Salop. < as lemmas |
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