pendule

British  

/ ˈpɛn-, ˈpɒŋdjʊl /

noun

1. Also called: pendulum.  mountaineering a manoeuvre by which a climber on a rope from above swings in a pendulum-like series of movements to reach another line of ascent

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Example Sentences

On the stone mantelpiece, painted gray marble, there were, for ornaments, two pots of common flowers, covered in with green moss; a small case of boxwood contained a silver watch instead of a pendule.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

I don't trust that little pendule, though it plays a delicious 'Ave Maria' of Rossini's.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

It was a large Louis Seize pendule, and he knew it to be genuine of his own knowledge; he had bought it.

From Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes by Bennett, Arnold

Besides, a pendule, weighing 85 ℔s., and 40 ft. in length, was attached, which could, telescope-like, be drawn up when necessary.

From Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences by Krueger, Wm. G.