grandfather clock

Betekenis (Engels)

A longcase clock.

Concepten

hangklok

Synoniemen

longcase clock

cuckoo clock

wall clock

tall-case clock

floor clown-to-ground openwork screen

floor clock

Vertalingen

pendule à balancier

ρολόι με μεγάλο επιδαπέδιο

pendule

orologio a pendolo

relógio de pêndulo

relógio do vovô

reloj de pared

Wanduhr

reloj de pie

Etymologie (Engels)

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.