An instrument for measuring and indicating distance travelled, esp. by road; spec. a pedometer or odometer. Now historical.

Surveying. A device for measuring distances, consisting of a large wheel of known circumference attached to a handle by which it is rolled over…

Various mechanical contrivances. An instrument for measuring distances: = perambulator, n. 2.

An instrument consisting of a wheel with a handle by which it may be rolled along the ground to measure distances on foot; a measuring wheel. Cf. odo…

An instrument for measuring distance travelled by recording the number of revolutions of a wheel of known circumference; spec. (a) (in Surveying…

An instrument for estimating the distance travelled on foot by registering the number of steps taken.

A wheel with a handle used in surveying on foot; = perambulator, n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

= pedometer, n. 1.

†(a) an instrument for measuring distance, consisting of a rotating wheel of known circumference, rolled along the ground by means of a handle, the…

A device for recording the number of miles traversed by a wheeled vehicle; a hodometer or cyclometer.

An instrument for measuring the distance travelled by a road vehicle; an odometer. Cf. mileometer, n.

= trechometer, n.

An instrument which records the distance run by a vehicle.

An apparatus attached to the wheel of a vehicle, esp. of a cycle, for registering the distance traversed.

= pedometer, n.

= pedometer, n. 1.

a wheel and counting device towed behind a sledge to measure the distance travelled.

The distance-indicator that is often incorporated in the speed-indicator of a motor vehicle; an odometer. U.S.

An instrument fitted to a motor vehicle or bicycle for measuring and displaying the number of miles travelled; an odometer. Also: a pedometer (rare).