1. The mechanism by which the irregular action produced by the mainspring of a watch or the weights of a clock is checked and rendered regular.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• encapment,
• escapment,
• escarpement,
• escartment,
• wscapement,
• sscapement,
• dscapement,
• rscapement,
• 4scapement,
• 3scapement,
• eacapement,
• escpement,
• escapmeent,
• escapemnet,
• escapeement,
• eskapement,
• escapament,
• escapemant,
• eschwement,
• scapment

The plural of the "escapement" can be the "escapements".

The singular of the "escapement" can be the "escapement".