Obs. [f. L. type *clīnātōrium, f. clīnātus inclined: see -ORY.] An instrument for ascertaining the position of a line or plane with reference to its azimuth and altitude; a declinator.
1665. Moxon, Tutor Astron., V. (1686), 139. The Clinatory is made of a square board.
1667. Phil. Trans., II. 436. A Circle divided into Degrees, put in a Square Box, after the ordinary manner of Clinatories.
1703. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., 313–4. If your Plane either Recline or Incline, apply one of the sides of your Clinatory parallel to … the Plane.
