Meanings
nouncarriage clock (plural carriage clocks)
plural carriage clocks
- A small clock with a carrying handle, originally designed for travelling.
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.
2006 February 24, “Time runs out for carriage clock”, in BBC News1 more example
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.
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
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