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going barrel

going barrel noun: a barrel containing the mainspring, with teeth on its periphery to drive the train.

going barrel: a barrel containing the mainspring, with teeth on its periphery to drive the train
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Noun

going barrel (plural going barrels)

  1. A barrel containing the mainspring, with teeth on its periphery to drive the train.
  2. A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up.

Forms of going barrel

pluralgoing barrels

Questions about going barrel

What does going barrel mean?
Going barrel means a barrel containing the mainspring, with teeth on its periphery to drive the train.
What part of speech is going barrel?
Going barrel is a noun.
What is the plural of going barrel?
The plural of going barrel is going barrels.

Words near going barrel in the dictionary

  1. going bad
  2. going ballistic
  3. going balls up
  4. going bananas
  5. going bankrupt
  6. going barrel
  7. going barrels
  8. going batshit
  9. going begging
  10. going belly-up
  11. going below

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