albion

2 albion , sort of astronomical instrument. 1326 albyon ad instar planisperii tocius spere celistis concentricos, eccentricos et eciam epiciclos pro variis stellarum motibus machinatos ‥ mira continet brevitate Wallingf. Alb. 349; [Ric. de Walingforde] precipuum instrumentum astronomie, antea invisum, ‘albion’, quasi totum per unum [all by one], etymologice vocitavit G. S. Alb. II 207.