Dictionary entry

Cosmolabe

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cos″mo‐labe (k?z″m?–l?b), n. [Gr. κόσμοσ the world + λαμβάνειν to take: cf. F. cosmolade.] An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; — called also pantacosm.