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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She suddenly raised herself in her bed, and was going to say more, but the pendule striking at that instant two o'clock, she stopped abruptly, kissed Helen, and sent her away.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 10 by Maria Edgeworth

The little pendule on the chimney-piece struck the half-hour.

From Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

In the center, place a large table, always covered with freshly-gathered flowers, and upon the mantel-shelf a simple pendule, two alabaster vases, and double-branched girandoles.

From Josephine Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Ten o’clock sounded, and then eleven, from the little pendule on the chimney-piece, and still he did not come; and Mrs Glaire, noticing the poor girl’s agitation, proposed rest.

From The Parson O' Dumford by George Manville Fenn

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 Arnold Bennett