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going barrels

going barrels is the plural of going barrel.

Meaning of going barrel

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.

Questions about going barrels

What is going barrels the plural of?
Going barrels is the plural of going barrel.

Words near going barrels in the dictionary

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

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