self-winding

[ self-wahyn-ding ]

adjective

1. kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.

self-winding

adjective

1. (of a wrist watch) having a mechanism, activated by the movements of the wearer, in which a rotating or oscillating weight rewinds the mainspring

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-winding¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The young inventors put two and two together and created a ball that uses technology similar to a self-winding watch.

From The Daily Beast

"It must be one of those self-winding stock farms," put in the School-master, scornfully.

From Project Gutenberg