Usually means: Mechanism regulating movement in clocks.
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  2. scapement: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. scapement: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  9. scapement: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. scapement: FreeDictionary.org
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noun:  Archaic form of escapement. (part of a timepiece) [(clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.]

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