A terrestrial globe rotated once in twenty-four hours by clockwork, and encircled at the equator by a stationary graduated ring showing the local time at any meridian.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
Definition of time globe in US English:
time globe
noun
A terrestrial globe rotated once in twenty-four hours by clockwork, and encircled at the equator by a stationary graduated ring showing the local time at any meridian.