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
Example sentences from the Web for lantern wheel
Fig. 140 shows two different kinds of stops for a lantern-wheel.
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