Definitions for "Planchette"
A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.
A small platform on coasters utilized with a "ouija board" to indicate letters or numbers selected to spell out messages. An archaic form of the device utilized a pencil or other writing instrument in the center of the platform to produce "automatic writing".
(French) Quija board pointer.
Keywords:  circumferentor, see
A circumferentor. See Circumferentor.