carriage clock

English

Noun

carriage clock (plural carriage clocks)

1. A small clock with a carrying handle, originally designed for travelling.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.

   • 2006 February 24, “Time runs out for carriage clock”, in BBC News‎^[1]:

     Cheshire-based Cottrills has decided to drop carriage clocks from its range. It sold 200 in 2004 but this year has only seen one order.

Further reading

• carriage clock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia