Stem-winder

2 definitions found

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

  Stem-winder \Stem"-wind`er\, n.
     1. A stem-winding watch. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: (Fig.) Anything of superior quality, as was
        attributed to the stem-winding watch; -- esp. used to


        describe a stirring speech, as in the phrase "a
        stem-winder of a speech" or "delivered a stem-winder".
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stem-winder
       n : a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem