STEM-WINDER


Meaning of STEM-WINDER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌwīn-dər ]

noun

Date: 1875

1. : a stem-winding watch

2.

[from the superiority of the stem-winding watch over the older key-wound watch]

: one that is first-rate of its kind ; especially : a stirring speech

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.