Recipiangle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Recipiangle \Re*cip"i*an`gle\ (r[-e]*s[i^]p"[i^]*[a^][ng]`g'l),
     n. [L. recipere to take + angulus angle.]
     An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one
     end, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for
     measuring and laying off angles of fortifications.
     [1913 Webster] Recipience