Definition of Catherine wheel

1. Noun. A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire.

Exact synonyms: Pinwheel
Generic synonyms: Firework, Pyrotechnic

Definition of Catherine wheel

1. Noun. A breaking wheel. ¹

2. Noun. (chiefly _ heraldry) The image of a breaking wheel, or wheel with spikes on it. ¹

3. Noun. A firework that rotates when lit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catherine Wheel

cathedras
cathedrated
cathedræ
cathelicidin
cathelicidins
cathemeral
cathemoglobin
cathenamine reductase
cathepsin
cathepsin b
cathepsin d
cathepsins
catheptic
catheretic
catheretics
catherine wheel (current term)
catheter
catheter a demeure
catheter ablation
catheter coude
catheter fever
catheter gauge
catheter guide
catheterisation
catheterisations
catheterise
catheterised
catheterises
catheterising
catheterization

Literary usage of Catherine wheel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"a catherine wheel with a cross calvary projecting from it in chief arg. Augus- (Catherine) WHEEL cant. tinian Nunnery at FJ. ..."

2. Coaching Days and Coaching Ways by William Outram Tristam (1888)
"... the Fly has resumed The catherine wheel, »• • Salisbury. its flight, and while its passengers are busily discussing footpads from a personal experience, ..."

3. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1893)
"a Favourite Sign—The "Three Brushes "—The " catherine wheel "—The " Three Widow» "—The " Old Pick my Toe "- Tokens of Inn-keepers. ..."

4. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"Made to represent brick or stone-work. No. 312. Shield at St. Michael's Church, St. Alban's. No. 313.—Wake Knot. No. 315.—Wyvern. No 314.—catherine wheel. ..."

5. A Supplement to the Two Volumes of the Second Edition of The Essay on the by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"THE catherine wheel, as the inscription of the alehouse ; now represented by the figure of a spiked wheel for the image of that by which St. Catherine ..."

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