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anchor escapement

noun

, Horology.
  1. an escapement in which wedge-shaped pallets engage with an escape wheel having pointed teeth, usually facing in the direction of revolution, so that the escape wheel recoils slightly at every release.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of anchor escapement1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

The motions of the latter act, through an anchor escapement, upon a system of wheels.

With a common anchor escapement the scape-wheel can be driven round by wagging the anchor to and fro.

As a timekeeper the anchor escapement is inferior to the dead-beat escapement.

He favored the recoil anchor escapement in his clocks and the Graham dead-beat anchor escapement with a seconds' pendulum.

The anchor-escapement was invented by Clement, a London clockmaker, in 1680.

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