verge staff

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The metal bar with two pallets that drive the crown wheel in a verge escapement.
  2. A flag pole that protrudes from a low deck off the back of a ship.

词形变化

verge staffs plural verge staffs plural

词源

Originally just verge (from Latin virga (“staff, rod”)); it acquired the extra staff for clarity.
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