FUSEE


Meaning of FUSEE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fyü-ˈzē ]

noun

Etymology: French fusée, literally, spindleful of yarn, from Old French, from fus spindle, from Latin fusus

Date: 1622

1. : a conical spirally grooved pulley in a timepiece from which a cord or chain unwinds onto a cylinder containing the mainspring and which by its increasing diameter compensates for the lessening power of the spring

2. : a red signal flare used especially for protecting stalled trains and trucks

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