Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for measuring the distance which a wheel rolls over a road; an odometer or perambulator.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An instrument for measuring the distance which one has traveled on the road; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An instrument for measuring distance travelled; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.

Etymologies

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Compare German wegweiser a waymark, a guide; weg way + weisen to show, direct.

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