surveyor's compass

American  

noun

1. an instrument used by surveyors for measuring azimuths.

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Example Sentences

They found his surveyor's compass still set upon its staff.

From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

The only surveyor's compass; and the worst of it is, 't was a borrowed one.

From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

While incapacitated from mental or physical labor he obtained a surveyor's compass, and more for pastime than any thought of becoming a surveyor, he studied the elements of surveying.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 by Various

Sometimes these lesser ones are supported on three roots, like the tripod of a surveyor’s compass, and this gives them a somewhat ludicrous appearance.

From The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon by Weir, Harrison

Then Ethan Allen broke the surveyor’s compass with his own hands and tossed the fragments away.

From A Hero of Ticonderoga by Robinson, Rowland E.