escapement -
The contrivance in a timepiece winding wrist watch which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
escapement -
A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
s, an escapement is a device which converts continuous rotational motion into an oscillating or back and forth motion. It is the source of the "ticking" sound produced by watches and clocks. An escapement drives the timekeeping element, usually a pendulum or balance wheel, in a clock or watch.
