1) Construction toy 2) English invention 3) Meccano set 4) Plaything 
Meccano is a model construction system created in the UK by Frank Hornby. It consists of re-usable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels, axles and gears, with nuts and bolts to connect the pieces. It enables the building of working models and mechanical devices. The ideas for Meccano were first conceived by Hornby in 1898 and he developed a...
Toy metal construction sets launched in 1901 by the British inventor Frank Hornby (1863-1936) (also the creator of Hornby train sets and Dinky toys), which cont ...
[n] - (trademark) a child`s construction set for making mechanical models
Meccano set noun a child`s construction set for making mechanical models