sandglasses in English
noun
1
an hourglass measuring a fixed amount of time (not necessarily one hour).
In addition to their lack of accuracy, sandglasses , waterclocks and candles were also limited in the total length of time they could measure before having to be reset.
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1. For ships at sea, boys were used to turn the sandglasses and to call the hours.