lantern wheel
noun
a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
Also called
lantern pinion,
trundle.
Origin of lantern wheel
First recorded in 1785–95
Words nearby lantern wheel
lantern gear,
lantern jaw,
lantern pinion,
lantern ring,
lantern slide,
lantern wheel,
lantern-jawed,
lanternfish,
lanternfly,
lanthanide,
lanthanide series
British Dictionary definitions for lantern pinion
lantern pinion
lantern wheel
noun
a type of gearwheel, now used only in clocks, consisting of two parallel circular discs connected by a number of pins running parallel to the axis