clapper

Example Sentences

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Looking out over the river, Dominguez began to sing a “gathering song,” using a clapper stick made from an elderberry branch.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2021

He measured mileage by attaching a rod inside a wagon wheel — based on the circumference of the wheel, a clapper would sound at each mile and that’s where a marker would go.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2020

Julia: The clapper, most ingeniously used to turn on and off a Christmas tree.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2019

Roeg did his National Service after World War Two before getting a job making tea and operating the clapper board at Marylebone Studios, where he worked on a number of minor films.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2018

He opens and shuts a black-and-white clapper board and hands it to me.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio