See Also: opisometer(dictionary)

bycoket (iou) and opisometer (iou)


bycoket (iou)



bycoket noun. Long obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
[Old French bicoquet ornate military head-dress etc., of unkn. origin.]
A kind of medieval cap or head-dress, peaked at front and back.

opisometer (iou)



opisometer noun. L19.
[from Greek opiso backwards + -METER.]
An instrument for measuring curved lines on a map etc., consisting of a wheel running on a screw and then returning to its original position by rolling along a straight scale. Cf. ROTOMETER.