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pinwheel escapement
noun
- a clock escapement in which two pallets, usually of unequal length, alternately engage and release pins set on the escape wheel perpendicular to its plane of rotation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pinwheel escapement1
First recorded in 1880–85
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