anchor escapement

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noun Horology.

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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Also called recoil escapement.

Origin of anchor escapement

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby anchor escapement

anchor bed, anchor bell, anchor bolt, anchor buoy, anchor deck, anchor escapement, anchoress, anchoret, anchorette, anchor ice, anchorite

How to use anchor escapement in a sentence

The motions of the latter act, through an anchor escapement, upon a system of wheels.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882|Various
With a common anchor escapement the scape-wheel can be driven round by wagging the anchor to and fro.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
As a timekeeper the anchor escapement is inferior to the dead-beat escapement.
Time Telling through the Ages|Harry Chase Brearley
He favored the recoil anchor escapement in his clocks and the Graham dead-beat anchor escapement with a seconds' pendulum.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240|Anonymous

The anchor-escapement was invented by Clement, a London clockmaker, in 1680.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume I (of 2)|Johann Beckman