| 单词 | steeple clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmassteeple clock steeple clock n. (a) a clock fixed to a steeple; (b) U.S. an antique mantel or shelf clock (see quot. 1959). ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock watch-clock1592 German clock1598 quarter clocka1631 wheel-clock1671 table clocka1684 month clock1712 astronomical clock1719 musical clock1721 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pulling clock1733 regulator1735 eight-day clock1741 regulator clock1750 French clock1757 repetition clock1765 day clock1766 striker1778 chiming clock1789 cuckoo-clock1789 night clock1823 telltale1827 carriage clock1828 fly-clock1830 steeple clock1830 telltale clock1832 skeleton clock1842 telegraph clock1842 star clock1850 weight-clock1850 prison clock1853 crystal clock1854 pillar scroll top clock1860 sheep's-head clock1872 presentation clock1875 pillar clock1880 stop-clock1881 Waterbury1882 calendar-clock1884 ting-tang clock1884 birdcage clock1886 sheep's head1887 perpetual calendar1892 bracket clock1894 Act of Parliament clock1899 cartel clock1899 banjo-clock1903 master clock1904 lantern clock1913 time clock1919 evolutionary clock1922 lancet clock1922 atomic clock1927 quartz clock1934 clock radio1946 real-time clock1953 organ clock1956 molecular clock1974 travelling clock2014 1830 T. Carlyle Richter Again in Misc. Ess. (1840) II. 372 The down-rolling wheels of the steeple-clock, which was striking eleven, had awakened me. 1923 W. I. Milham Time & Timekeepers xx. 368 There are two kinds of clocks, however, which came into vogue shortly after 1850 and are usually classed among ‘antiques’ and not among the endless varieties of modern clocks. These are the small, spring-driven, brass shelf clock often in a rose-wood veneer case and the steeple clock, sometimes called the ‘Sharp Gothic’. 1959 L. Gross Housewives' Guide to Antiques viii. 114 The steeple clock of the mid-nineteenth century was another popular mantel clock. It takes its name from the steeple-like appearance of its case. 1976 R. B. Parker Promised Land (1977) xvi. 97 There was an old steeple clock with brass works on the mantle. < as lemmas |
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