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:
      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.

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