DETENT, noun [Latin] A stop in a clock, which by being lifted up or let down, locks and unlocks the clock in striking.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
detent
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign