Act of Parliament clock

noun

A large clock, once hung in inns, erroneously thought to derive from a tax on clocks.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounAct of Parliament clock (plural Act of Parliament clocks)

plural Act of Parliament clocks

  1. UKhistoricalA large clock, once hung in inns, erroneously thought to derive from a tax on clocks.
Cite this entry
APA

Act of Parliament clock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Act%20of%20Parliament%20clock

MLA

“Act of Parliament clock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Act%20of%20Parliament%20clock. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Act of Parliament clock,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Act%20of%20Parliament%20clock.

Source: Act of Parliament clock on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.