clock-jack

"A clock-jack, sonny, is a contrivance for roasting meat."

Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920

So he took the matter in hand and invented a clock-jack that was much better than the imported one.

Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920

But before he focused his entire attention on clocks he invented a clock-jack, and in 1784 with the approval of John

Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920

"And what, pray, is a clock-jack?" interrogated Christopher.

Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920

A still further glorification was the addition of a revolving power which ran by clockwork and turned the roast with regularity; this was known as a clock-jack.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881