trocheametern.
/trɒkiːˈamɪtə/ = trechometer n.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > distance travelled
waywiser1651
perambulator1688
wheel1696
walking wheel1701
odometer1702
pedometer1723
pedometer1728
podometer1728
reel measure1803
viameter1845
roadometer1848
trocheameter1857
trechometer1858
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speedometer1929
mileometer1953
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard > odometer
odometer1702
viameter1845
trocheameter1857
trechometer1858
cyclometer1880
sledge-meter1902
speedometer1929
mileometer1953
1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. iii. 59 Our trocheame [te] r showed that we had made but twenty-five miles. Note. This is an instrument which, when fastened on the waggon-wheel, records the number of revolutions made.
1903 J. G. C. Anderson Journey Pontus vii. 47 An accident happened to my trocheameter, so that I am unable to give the exact length of this section of the road.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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