"crown wheel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crown wheels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crown wheel (plural crown wheels)
  1. In watchmaking, an object of circular shape with contrate teeth, which meshes with the winding pinion and with the ratchet-wheel on the barrel-arbor used to wind-up the watch, respectively, to set the time.
    Sense id: en-crown_wheel-en-noun-25LDyaz2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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