Escapement



Same as: scapement
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The act of escaping; escape.
2.
Way of escape; vent.
3.
The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.