单词 | mantel clock |
释义 | > as lemmasmantel clock mantel clock n. a clock designed to sit on a mantelpiece. ΚΠ 1846 Knickerbocker 27 262 We have been sitting to-night for a full hour, by the mantle-clock of our goodly sanctum. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 193 It occasionally happens in mantel clocks that..the pendulum is just too long for the case. 1963 Times 18 May 6/5 Fabre paid £1,200 for a bronze and ormolu elephant mantel clock, also in the Caffieri manner. 1989 Antique Collecting Mar. 5/2 As with longcase clocks, bracket and mantel clocks have responded in some measure to the increasing general demand for period furnishings. < as lemmas |
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