rack lever
Watchmaking and Clockmaking (now historical )
noun
(In early forms of lever escapement) a lever terminating in a rack by means of which the movement is effected.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Edmund Denison (1816–1905), ecclesiastical controversialist, architect, and horologist.
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