WordNet
surveyor's instrument
n. an instrument used by surveyors [syn: surveying instrument]
Usage examples of "surveyor's instrument".
More than ready to get involved, Jerry went to the eyepiece of one of the tabletop unitsit looked something like a cross between a surveyor's instrument and a telescopic camera.
Instead of playing with this surveyor's instrument, he could be building lasers in his laboratory, but he wanted full membership in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and wanted even more to avoid military service.