Charles's Wain

American  

[chahrl-ziz weyn] / ˈtʃɑrl zɪz ˈweɪn /

noun

British Astronomy.

1. Big Dipper.

---

Charles's Wain British  

/ weɪn /

noun

1. another name for the Plough

---

Etymology

Origin of Charles's Wain

before 1000; Old English Carles wægn Carl's wagon ( Carl for Charlemagne); see wain

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Charles's Wain

I turn away my head, and look out of the window up at Charles's Wain, and all my other bright old friends.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

Now, although most people know Charles's Wain when they see it, we may still learn a good deal about it.

From Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.

Venus was all gibbous, the Zodiac was in its zenith, and the zenith was in Charles's Wain, commonly called The Cart.

From Berry And Co. by Yates, Dornford

Pointing to Charles’s Wain I said, “A good star for travellers.”

From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

Northern Wagoner, a group of seven stars called variously Charles’s Wain, or Wagon, i.e. churl’s wain; Ursa Major, The Great Bear, and The Dipper.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham