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

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