grandfather clock

Senso (Inglese)

A longcase clock.

Concetti

orologio a pendolo

sinonimi

longcase clock

cuckoo clock

wall clock

tall-case clock

floor clown-to-ground openwork screen

floor clock

Traduzioni

pendule à balancier

ρολόι με μεγάλο επιδαπέδιο

pendule

hangklok

relógio de pêndulo

relógio do vovô

reloj de pared

Wanduhr

reloj de pie

Etimologia (Inglese)

From an 1876 song, Grandfather's Clock, by American songwriter Henry Work, based on a clock in the George Hotel in Piercebridge, County Durham, England, which stopped keeping time after its owner died.