Meanings
plural lantern wheels
- A pinion with cylindrical staves, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates.
Synonyms: lantern pinion, trundle, wallower
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pinion with cylindrical staves, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Its shape resembles that of a lantern.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French pignon à lanterne, lanterne
- pignon à lanternepinion with cylindrical staves instead of teeth
- lanternepinion with cylindrical staves instead of teeth
Irish roth laindéir
- roth laindéirpinion with cylindrical staves instead of teeth
Cite this entry
lantern wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lantern%20wheel
“lantern wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lantern%20wheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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