Noun
The act of escaping; escape.
Way of escape; vent.
The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnchor escapement Anchor escapement In 1655, according to his autobiographical notes, Hooke began to acquaint himself with astronomy, through the good offices of John Ward. Source: Internet
Barnett, ibid, p.37 In the 11th century, Chinese inventors and engineers invented the first mechanical clocks driven by an escapement mechanism. Source: Internet
As the clock was an attempt to make a seagoing version of his wooden pendulum clocks, which performed exceptionally well, he used wooden wheels, roller pinions and a version of the 'grasshopper' escapement. Source: Internet
However, the action of the frictional rest escapement enables the balance to have a large arc. Source: Internet
If they are not, the pendulum swings more to one side than the other, upsetting the symmetrical operation of the escapement. Source: Internet
It has a novel type of 'vertical' escapement, which is often incorrectly associated with the 'verge' escapement, which it superficially resembles. Source: Internet