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clockmaker

[ klok-mey-ker ]

noun

  1. a person who makes or repairs clocks.


clockmaker

/ ˈklɒkˌmeɪkə /

noun

  1. a person who makes or mends clocks, watches, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • clockmaking noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clockmaker1

1400–50; late Middle English. See clock 1, maker
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Example Sentences

Stephan Farffler, a clockmaker who lost the use of his legs in a childhood accident, created the device so he could propel himself to and from church in Nuremberg, Germany.

Its tale of the dying days of a New England clockmaker was knotty and morbid, but in a memorably lyrical, gentle way.

Much like the figurines in old-fashioned automaton clocks, they enter at the appointed time, execute clever bits of business and exit, leaving no impression other than admiration for clockmaker’s skill.

Decades later, the prize was awarded to a clockmaker, John Harrison.

Mr. Scobie-Youngs said that the clock had been in remarkably good condition and that he had been awed by the skill of the 19th-century clockmakers.

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