remontoir

noun

rem·​on·​toir

variants or remontoire

¦remən‧¦twär

plural -s

: a device to give a uniform impulse to a pendulum or balance

Word History

Etymology

French remontoir device for winding clocks, from remonter to remount, rewind

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