gasoscope
English
Etymology
gas + -o- + -scope
Noun
gasoscope (plural gasoscopes)
- (dated) An apparatus for detecting the presence of dangerous gas, as for example in a mine or in a house.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gasoscope in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- goosecaps