WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
escape′ wheel′, [Horol.]
- Timea toothed wheel for regulating a going train to which it is geared, engaging intermittently with the pallets of a pendulum or balance mechanism in such a way as to cause the mechanism to oscillate rhythmically, and in so doing free the going train for part of each oscillation. Also called scape wheel. See diag. under lever escapement.
- 1880–85
'escape wheel' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
anchor escapement
- crown wheel
- draw
- drop
- escapement
- lever escapement
- lift
- lock
- pallet
- pinwheel escapement
- scape wheel
- shake
- trip